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Suga stresses further ties with U.S., stable ties with China, Russia

01:00 Yoshihide Suga became Japan's first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday, stressing that he will implement policies to beef up Tokyo's alliance with the United S

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From farmer's boy to Tokyo pinnacle: The rise of Yoshihide Suga

When the name Yoshihide Suga came up on top in the leadership race of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Monday, many were stunned. This is because the result meant that the man who has lo

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Japan's exports extend double-digit declines as pandemic hits demand

Japan's exports posted a double-digit slump for a sixth straight month in August as U.S.-bound shipments shrank due to a global demand slowdown from the coronavirus pandemic, casting a shadow over

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Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga faces a new leadership test

Yoshihide Suga, new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gestures before a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, September 14, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Cheng Xiaohe is a

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Suga wins party vote, all but assuring election as Japan PM

Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country’s new prime minister when a parliamentary

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Yoshihide Suga's foreign policy

Yoshihide Suga delivers a speech at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, September 8, 2020. /Xinhua Yoshihide Suga, elected as the new leader of Liberal Democratic Party,

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What economic headaches will Japan face in a post-Abe era?

Editor's note: COVID-19 Economic Analysis is a series of articles offering expert's views on developing micro and macroeconomic situations around the globe amid the coronavirus pandemic. Xu Chuanb

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Japan's LDP presidential candidates vying for local votes

TOKYO, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The three candidates competing to be the new president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Thursday continued their campaign with a focus on local votes af

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Global Business Daily: Samsung wins $6.6bn 5G deal, Brexit bombshell

"I trust the British government to implement the Withdrawal Agreement, an obligation under international law and prerequisite for any future partnership."That was European Commission President Ursula

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Japan's Suga willing to reorganize health ministry after COVID-19 pandemic

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, currently the leading candidate to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), said he would like t

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Death knell sounds for some of Japan's oldest department stores

Visitors are seen at an entrance of Ebisu Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo, Japan, September 3, 2020. /Reuters After more than three centuries in business, the Onuma department store in no

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New Japanese PM May Call Snap Election After Taking Office This Month, LDP Party Member Claims

Kyodo News has cited Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) General Council chief Shunichi Suzuki as saying that the country's next prime minister may announce a

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Japan's Suga signals ultra-easy monetary policy to continue

Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a frontrunner to be the next prime minister, said he would like the central bank to continue its ultra-loose monetary policy as the economy is still

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Japan's next PM: Who's in the frame to succeed Abe?

Shinzo Abe is departing as Japan's prime minister due to poor health, with no successor in place and a country left facing a series of crises.Ten days before the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)

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Japan's former ministers Kishida and Ishiba to run in party leadership race

Former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday both officially announced they will be running for the leadership o

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Ishiba leads in polls to succeed Abe, but less popular within LDP

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) celebrates with Shigeru Ishiba, the former defense minister who ran against him, after winning the Liberal Democratic Party leadership contest in Tokyo, Jap

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Asian stocks hit two-year high, Nikkei bounces as Berkshire buys in

Passersby wearing protective face masks following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are reflected on a screen displaying stock prices outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, March 17