Yoshihide Suga

• Fumio Kishida to become Japan’s new prime minister after winning party leadership

  Kishida replaces outgoing party leader Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is stepping down after serving only one year since taking office last September.

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  Sep 29, 2021
  
• Japanese Prime Minister Suga to pull out of leadership race after 1 year in office

  Suga, who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September, has seen his support ratings plummet as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections.

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  Sep 3, 2021
  
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• Japan’s PM to travel to U.S. for first in-person summit with Biden

  Japanese officials said the two leaders are expected to discuss pandemic measures, climate change and other regional concerns including North Korea.

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  Mar 12, 2021
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• Japan’s new PM seeks to strengthen South Korea ties, unite against northern threat

  Relations between the two U.S. allies have deteriorated sharply over the past year over war-time history and trade.

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  Sep 24, 2020
• Yoshihide Suga, in line to become Japan’s new leader, vows to stay course

  Suga, long a loyal aide under outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Monday won a landslide victory to take over the Liberal Democratic Party and vowed to continue Abe's policies.

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  Sep 14, 2020
• Japan may review probe on WWII sex slavery

  Japan's government said Thursday it may re-examine a 20-year-old study that led to a landmark apology over forced prostitution during World War II.

  Feb 20, 2014
• Japan defends annual dolphin hunt in Taiji cove

  A Japanese government spokesman has defended an annual dolphin hunt after U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy said she was “deeply concerned” by the inhumanity of the practice.

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  Jan 20, 2014