Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba Visits Kalibata TMP

Photo: Doc. Antara

Japanese Prime Minister (PM) Shigeru Ishiba visited the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery (TMP), South Jakarta, Saturday morning, to pay tribute to a number of Japanese heroes buried at the local location.

Quoted from Antara, Saturday, January 11, PM Ishiba arrived at the Kalibata TMP gate at around 08.30 WIB accompanied by the first lady Yoshiko Ishiba, along with pick-up officials namely Pangdam Jaya Major General TNI Rafael Granada Baay and Danrem 051/Wijayakarta Brigadier General Riyanto, and Kaskogartap 1/jakarta Brigadier General Edi Saputra.

Furthermore, the group headed to the Kalibata TMP Monument Field to carry out a procession of respect for the spirit of the fighter and continued at the ceremony of laying wreaths in the monument area, and closed with the final prayer for the spirit of the fighter.

After the tribute procession, the Japanese PM continued his activities with a procession of sowing flowers in the burial area of Japanese war heroes who were on the east side of the monument.

The procession of sowing flowers was carried out by PM Ishiba and Yoshiko Ishiba at the grave of the rocky hero on the tombstone in the name of Eto Shichio alias Jacob, Ishi Yoshinami alias Satria, Goro Yamano alias Abdul Madjid, Moch Toha Nishimura, and Takashikommatsu Usman.

After the series of activities at TMP Kalibata which lasted about 30 minutes, PM Ishiba will visit the Bogor Presidential Palace for an official visit as well as attend a state ceremony and hold a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto to discuss a number of cooperations between the two countries.

PM Ishiba's visit to Kalibata TMP is a series of official visits that last for two days on 10-11 January 2025.

Previously, it was reported that PM Ishiba and First Lady Yoshiko Ishiba arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten, on Friday (10/1) at around 17.00 WIB.