Suga is seen as a pragmatic backroom negotiator, but loyal to Abe’s policies Suga also pledged to hike the minimum wage, promote agricultural reforms and boost tourism. Japan’s ruling party has …
Suga to reappoint Aso as Japan’s finance minister
TOKYO — Yoshihide Suga, the newly chosen leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will retain Taro Aso as finance minister and deputy prime minister after his expected election as prime …
Suga to reappoint Aso as Japan’s finance minister
TOKYO — Yoshihide Suga, the newly chosen leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will retain Taro Aso as finance minister and deputy prime minister after his expected election as prime …
South Korea military chief nominee stands by GSOMIA with Japan
South Korea’s new defense minister nominee defended a bilateral military intelligence agreement with Japan and said North Korea is unlikely to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
Japan Stock Investors Expect New Leader to Keep Markets Stable
With Yoshihide Suga now a certainty to be formally declared the next prime minster of Japan on Wednesday, market watchers are eyeing what the election of the unassuming son of a strawberry farmer …
Party Insiders Put Yoshihide Suga on Brink of Being Japan’s Prime Minister
The governing party, in an emergency vote restricted to members of Parliament and select delegates, overwhelmingly backed the leading symbol of continuity from Shinzo Abe’s long premiership.
In Japan, coronavirus discrimination proves almost as hard to eradicate as the disease
Nearly nine months after the coronavirus first arrived in Japan, “korona sabetsu” (coronavirus discrimination) is proving almost as hard to eradicate as the virus itself. Japan does not release the …
Japan’s Suga: Given Pandemic, Political Vacuum Had to Be Avoided
Yoshihide Suga, the new president of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said he had thought deeply about running for the position and decided that given the coronavirus pandemic, a …
Japan’s Suga: Want to Try to Accomplish Constitutional Reform
Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said on Monday he wanted to try to reform the constitution, saying parts of it had become out of touch with reality.
Yoshihide Suga to be Japan’s prime minister after winning party vote
Liberal Democratic party MPs vote to appoint Shinzo Abe loyalist as party leader …