Overview
- Former Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida shared a photo from a Tokyo lunch this week, writing that Justin Trudeau visited Japan with his partner.
- Trudeau reposted the image on X and wrote “Katy and I,” marking his first social-media acknowledgment of Katy Perry as his partner.
- This was the couple’s first appearance together in a political or diplomatic setting, elevating their previously low-key relationship.
- Perry was in Japan for her Lifetimes tour dates and joined Trudeau for the midday meeting with Kishida and his wife, Yuko.
- The posts drew broad online attention, with many users describing the coordinated outing as a high-profile “hard launch,” as Kishida also referenced his past cooperation with Trudeau under the Japan-Canada Action Plan.