Japan's outgoing Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) reacts after the media ask him to come back and give a speech after receiving flowers at the prime minister's office on his final day as the Japanese leader 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)