Japan’s next PM Yoshihide Suga is self-made, powerful adviser
TOKYO: Yoshihide Suga, the man set to be elected Japan's next prime minister Wednesday, is a farmer's son with a reputation for inscrutability who has been a key government adviser…
Tokyo Olympics should “definitely” take place, even without fans, says Japan’s LDP executive
TOKYO: Tokyo might host the Olympic Games behind closed doors should the COVID-19 pandemic not be contained by the summer of 2021, said an executive of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic…
Japan confirms scrapping US missile defence system
TOKYO: Japan has scrapped the deployment of a multi billion-dollar US anti-missile system, the government confirmed Thursday, days after saying the programme had been suspended. Interceptors for the Aegis Ashore…