Kishi condemns anti-Ukraine tweet as fake

Then Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi, second from left, and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, right, listen to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's virtual speech in March in Tokyo. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Former Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi announced Tuesday on his Twitter account that a post in his name criticizing Ukraine is fake.

Currently a special adviser to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Kishi warned about the bogus Twitter post spreading on social media by way of the Russian Embassy in London. "It's fake. I request a correction," he wrote.