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TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will resign this month, throwing wide open the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election -- a crucial race that could set the tone for an upcoming lower house campaign. (confirmed by 4 sources) [1]

TOKYO -- Japanese opposition parties submitted a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday as headwinds grow over his handling of the pandemic and the Summer Olympics here. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga was elected Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, marking a new chapter in the nation's politics after a record seven years and eight months under Shinzo Abe. [3]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said the country is prepared to introduce vaccines and is looking at February as a key decision-making point. [4]

The Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 88,589,250, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 1,907,608. [5]

MarketsPrime Minister Suga's resignation prompts risk-taking in Tokyo Nikkei 225 jumps 2% while broader Topix soars to highest level since 1991 Japan's blue-chip Nikkei Stock Average rose sharply in afternoon trade, at one point rising over 600 point... [6]

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Follow the latest updates. Global cases have reached 57,441,503, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. [7]

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on the importance of advancing bilateral ties during their meeting Wednesday, despite lingering differences on issues like the Senkaku Islands and trade. [8]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-03 · 100% match

Japan's Yoshihide Suga to resign as prime minister

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will resign this month, throwing wide open the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election -- a crucial race that could set the tone for an upcoming lower house campaign.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-06-15 · 100% match

Japan Prime Minister Suga faces no-confidence vote

TOKYO -- Japanese opposition parties submitted a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday as headwinds grow over his handling of the pandemic and the Summer Olympics here.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-09-16 · 100% match

Suga elected prime minister, opening new chapter for Japan

TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga was elected Japan's prime minister in a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, marking a new chapter in the nation's politics after a record seven years and eight months under Shinzo Abe.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-12-25 · 100% match

Japan primed for vaccinations, Suga says, eyeing February approval

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday said the country is prepared to introduce vaccines and is looking at February as a key decision-making point.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-01-09 · 100% match

Coronavirus: Week of Jan. 3 to Jan. 9, Capital of Hebei Province in China halts subway

The Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Global cases have reached 88,589,250, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. The worldwide death toll has hit 1,907,608.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-09-03 · 100% match

Prime Minister Suga's resignation prompts risk-taking in Tokyo

MarketsPrime Minister Suga's resignation prompts risk-taking in Tokyo Nikkei 225 jumps 2% while broader Topix soars to highest level since 1991 Japan's blue-chip Nikkei Stock Average rose sharply in afternoon trade, at one point rising over 600 point

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-11-21 · 100% match

Coronavirus: Week of Nov. 15 to Nov. 21, First Americans to get vaccine by mid-December

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Follow the latest updates. Global cases have reached 57,441,503, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-11-26 · 100% match

Suga raises Senkaku concerns with Chinese foreign minister

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed on the importance of advancing bilateral ties during their meeting Wednesday, despite lingering differences on issues like the Senkaku Islands and trade.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-07-31 · 100% match

Coronavirus: Week of July 25 to July 31, Sydney police cordon off downtown as cases surge

Nikkei Asia is tracking the spread of the coronavirus that was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Cumulative global cases have reached 197,270,918, according to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-06-11 · 100% match

Carrier deployment to Indo-Pacific will be 'pivotal moment': Johnson

CORNWALL, U.K. -- In his first in-person bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson expressed support for the Tokyo Games, which is struggling with low public support in the host country.

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