Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gestures to the media after receiving a bouquet of flowers on his final day at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on October 1, 2024. Shigeru Ishiba was set on October 1 to become Japanese prime minister, seeking to restore the ruling party's popularity and tackle a demographic crisis, a lacklustre economy and fears over China's military build-up. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)