ON AIR Daily News Mon. April 17, 2023 - Wife of Japan's Prime Minister Visits US

*Who is Mrs. Kishida?
 Mrs. Kishida Yuiko is the wife of Japanese Prime Minster Kishida Fumio
Mrs. Kishida Yuko was born on August 15, 1964 in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture.
In 1987, she graduated from Tokyo Woman's Christian University, and joined Mazda Motor Corporation.
In 1988, she married Prime Minister Kishida Fumio when Mrs. Kishida was 24 years old and Prime Minister Kishida was 31. 
The couple has three sons.
 
Mrs. Kishida doesn't talk about her daily life with Prime Minister Kishida a lot, but she has shared some stories in the past.  

 
 
*Why is Mrs. Kishida visiting the White House alone today?
 
According to the Japanese Government, this visit is at the invitation of Dr. Biden, and Mrs. Kishida is her guest of honor.
 
On January 13th, Prime Minister Kishida visited the White House to meet President Biden, but Mrs. Kishida didn't accompany with him, as Dr. Biden had just undergone surgery to remove a small lesion above her right eye two days before the visit, and was unable to meet with Mrs. Kishida.
 
According to a Japanese source, Dr. Biden proposed Mrs. Kishida's visit to the White House this month.