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Yoshihide Suga to step down as Japan's prime minister

Japan's prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, has said he will not run for re-election as party leader this month, signalling the end of his tenure. Suga had been appointed to the role just a year ago following the resignation of Shinzo Abe. The shock announcement comes as Suga's approval ratings dropped to an all-time low.

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Japan ex-PM Abe injured after reported gunshot attack

JULY 8: Ex-Tokyo governor Yoichi Masuzoe said in a tweet that Mr Abe was in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest. The term is often used before a death is officially confirmed in Japan. Videos circulating on social media, which could not be verified, appear to show paramedics huddled around Mr Abe in the middle of a street. He has now reportedly been rushed to hospital. Mr Abe was giving a stump speech for a candidate in Nara when the attacked happened - eye-witnesses say they saw a man with what they described as a large gun fire from behind, according to the BBC's Japan correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes. The first shot appears to have missed but the second shot hit Mr Abe in the back. He immediately fell to the ground bleeding. Security then detained the attacker who made no attempt to run. Local news broadcaster NHK reports that police have seized his gun and identified him. Mr Abe, who was Japan's longest-serving prime minister, stepped down in 2020 citing health reasons. He later revealed that he had suffered a relapse of ulcerative colitis, an intestinal disease. He was succeeded by his close party ally Yoshihide Suga, who was later replaced by Fumio Kishida. Incidents of gun violence are rare in Japan, where handguns are banned - and incidents of political violence are almost unheard of. In 2014, there were just six incidents of gun deaths in Japan, as compared to 33,599 in the US. People have to undergo a strict exam and mental health tests in order to buy a gun - and even then, only shotguns and air rifles are allowed.

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Where will Fumio Kishida take Japan?

TOKYO – On October 4, Fumio Kishida became Japan’s 100th prime minister, succeeding Yoshihide Suga, who held the office for only a year. Kishida secured the top job by prevailing in the four-person race to lead the Liberal Democratic Party. On October 31, he and the LDP will face a national election for the House […]

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Fumio Kishida officially elected Japan's 100th prime minister

The new cabinet members under Kishida, who succeeds Yoshihide Suga, are due to be announced later in the day.

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Fumio Kishida wins Japan's ruling party presidential election

TOKYO, September 29: Fumio Kishida won the presidential election of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Wednesday. Kishida, former Japanese foreign minister, secured 257 votes in a runoff to win over his contender Taro Kono who received 170 votes. As the LDP-led coalition constitutes a majority in both chambers of the parliament in Japan, the new party president is almost certain to be elected prime minister in the extraordinary Diet session scheduled to be held on Oct. 4, succeeding the incumbent Yoshihide Suga.

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Japan PM Suga to visit US for 'Quad' summit

TOKYO, September 9: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will visit Washington later this month to attend the first face-to-face leaders summit of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue. Suga, U.S. President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi aim to strengthen the four-way partnership in the Indo-Pacific region in response to China's growing clout, Nikkei Asia reported. Meanwhile, the Japanese PM on Wednesday kicked off preparations to participate in the Quad summit. Suga will not run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election in late September, meaning that he will step down as prime minister in a few weeks. But he has decided to attend the meeting in Washington in response to Biden's invitation, reported Nikkei Asia. Both the leaders are also expected to meet on the sidelines of the Quad summit to affirm their cooperation toward peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, echoing their bilateral meeting in April. The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia. The strait is in international waters, however, China claims Taiwan as its own territory. Quad leaders had agreed at their virtual summit in March to meet in person by the end of the year. Though they had stopped short of criticising China by name in their joint statement from that event, they had pledged to "meet challenges to the rules-based maritime order in the East and South China Seas," reported Nikkei Asia. The leaders had also agreed to set up expert working groups on coronavirus vaccines, critical and emerging technologies, and climate change. In Washington, they are expected to discuss how to better distribute vaccines to developing economies to counter Chinese vaccine diplomacy.

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Author Murakami criticizes Japan PM over pandemic measures

Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami in his monthly radio show Sunday criticized the country’s prime minister, saying Yoshihide Suga has ignored a growing COVID-19 surge and public concerns about the pandemic.

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Japan's Suga formally voted in as PM, readies 'continuity cabinet'

TOKYO, Sept 16: Japan’s Yoshihide Suga was voted prime minister by parliament’s lower house on Wednesday, becoming the country’s first new leader in nearly eight years, as he readied a “continuity cabinet” expected to keep about half of predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup.

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Japan's Suga to formally take up PM job, announce cabinet

TOKYO, Sept 16: Japanese ruling party president Yoshihide Suga was poised to become the nation’s next prime minister on Wednesday, pulling together a “continuity” cabinet, about half of which will not change from the current makeup, local media reported.

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Japan's Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Abe

TOKYO, Sept 14: Japan’s Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to become prime minister in a parliamentary vote this week.

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