Overview
- Former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida shared a photo from the lunch, referring to Perry as Trudeau’s “partner” in his caption.
- Trudeau reposted the message, named Perry directly, and thanked Kishida for his friendship and commitment to the international rules-based order.
- The lunch in Tokyo included Kishida’s wife Yuko and coincided with Perry’s Japan dates on her Lifetimes tour.
- Media outlets and social-media users widely characterized the exchange as a relationship “hard launch,” fueling a wave of online reactions.
- The couple had been linked since July and made a public appearance in Paris in October following their respective separations from Orlando Bloom and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.