Japan’s Yoshihide Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Shinzo Abe
By Linda Sieg, Leika Kihara TOKYO:Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing prime minister Shinzo Abe, won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday, paving the way for Japan’s first change of leader in nearly eight years. Suga, 71, who has promised to continue Abe’s key policies, […]
Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe says he will resign due to illness with many issues unresolved
TOKYO:Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Friday he will resign, ending his record-breaking tenure in a bombshell development that kicks off a leadership race in the world’s third-largest economy. Abe said he is suffering a recurrence of the ulcerative colitis that forced him to cut short a first term in office and said that he […]