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 …
Japan’s Next Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, Emerges From Behind the Curtain
Mr. Suga’s years as a shadow power in Japanese politics have made him a bit of a cipher. But his decisive victory in a party election demonstrated his formidable political skills.
Suga clears major hurdle to replace Japan’s Abe
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday (September 14), paving the way for him to replace Shinzo Abe as Prime Minister …