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30 Sep 2021

Fumio Kishida set to become new Japan PM

A former banker from Hiroshima, Kishida spearheaded Japan`s effort to realise US President Barack Obama`s historic 2016 visit to the city devastated by US bombing seven decades earlier. Asked about his leadership style, Kishida, 64, said last month that bottom-up consensus building is just as important in politics as a top-down approach.

25 Sep 2021

Quad: A new cooperation in cyberspace, leaders pledge to combat cyber threats

Quad will begin space cooperation for the first time with a new working group Quad nations will share satellite data to protect the earth and help member countries to better adapt to climate change. Afghanistan, cooperation in infrastructure, COVID-19 vaccines, and the Indo-Pacific were other topics discussed at the Quad summit

24 Sep 2021

PM Narendra Modi's unique gifts to Kamala Harris and Quad leaders - in pics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's special gifts for leaders, all the way from India

05 Sep 2021

Japan PM candidate Kishida wants to delay economic stimulus debate

Suga said he will not run for reelection as head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Kishida said he would compile a spending package to cushion the blow from the coronavirus pandemic

04 Sep 2021

PM to resign over COVID mess; Japan under serious threat

PM Suga’s support ratings sink to below 30 percent as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections. Suga announced on Friday that he would not run in a party leadership contest slated for Sept 29.

03 Sep 2021

Japan's struggling Prime Minister Suga steps down, sets stage for new leader

Suga took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink to below 30% as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections ahead of a general election this year.

10 Aug 2021

Joe Biden congratulates Japan PM Suga for successfully hosting Tokyo Olympics

This year the Games were held with COVID-19 induced restrictions The United States recorded its best-ever haul at the Olympics

15 Jul 2021

Japan, India share fundamental values, strategic interest: PM Yoshihide Suga

PM Yoshihide Suga hailed Indo-Japan friendship His comment came at inauguration of International Cooperation and Convention Centre He said Japan and India shares strategic interest

26 Apr 2021

COVID-19 crisis, Chinese aggression feature in Modi-Suga talks

PM Modi and his Japanese counterpart Yoshihide Suga held a virtual meeting The two leaders discussed the COVID crisis They also discussed Chinese aggression the East and South China Seas

25 Apr 2021

Japan declares state of emergency for 3 weeks to curb COVID-19 spread

Third state of emergency since the outbreak of the pandemic. Facilities serving alcoholic beverages, large shopping malls, and theme parks will be advised to shut down. Violators will face a fine of 300,000 yen (USD 2,800).

17 Apr 2021

Yoshihide Suga meets Joe Biden, pledges to strengthen Quad

US President Joe Biden and Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga meet at the White House The two leaders pledged to work with India and Australia to strengthen the Quad to build a free, open, accessible, diverse and thriving Indo-Pacific. It was Biden's first face-to-face talks with a foreign leader as president.

17 Apr 2021

US, Japan actions are stoking division, says China

The US and China have clashed over a wide range of issues in the last few years, including human rights in Tibet and the Xinjiang region, a crackdown on protests and political freedom in Hong Kong, China's assertion of its territorial claims to Taiwan and most of the South China Sea and accusations Beijing was slow to inform the world about the COVID-19 outbreak.

16 Apr 2021

Japan PM Suga arrives in US for China-focused talks with President Joe Biden

Biden's first face-to-face meeting with a foreign leader since he took office. Japan-U.S. Alliance bound by the universal values of freedom, democracy, human rights, and rule of law: Suga Biden and Suga are expected to discuss how to manage the peace and stability of regional seas, including the Taiwan Strait, where tensions are rising.

12 Mar 2021

Quad leaders' Summit to announce 'COVID-19 vaccine initiative'

The first Quad leaders’ summit will be held today at 7 pm India has been playing a major role in terms of providing COVID-19 vaccines to the global community

12 Mar 2021

First Quad leaders’ summit today, PM Modi, Joe Biden to attend

First Quad leaders’ summit will be held today The Quad Summit will focus on cooperation in Indo-Pacific region, COVID-19, climate change

24 Feb 2021

Japan PM appoints 'Loneliness' minister amid spike in suicide cases

Japan has appointed its first Minister for Loneliness this month after the country`s suicide rate increased for the first time in 11 years during COVID-19 pandemic. PM Yoshihide Suga tapped minister Tetsushi Sakamoto for the new portfolio.

16 Sep 2020

Yoshihide Suga to formally take charge as Japan PM, may announce cabinet soon

Suga, a longtime aide and chief cabinet secretary under outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Monday won a landslide victory to take over the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He pledged to carry on many of Abe`s programmes, including his signature "Abenomics" economic strategy. He faces numerous challenges, including tackling COVID-19 while reviving a battered economy and dealing with a rapidly aging society, in which nearly a third of the population is older than 65.

19 Jun 2018

Japan: A day after strong earthquake, landslide alerts issued in Osaka

Government spokesperson Yoshihide Suga advised people to monitor the situation through television and radio news.

28 Jul 2017

Japan chief cabinet secretary Suga says Japan to impose additional sanctions on North Korea

No secret of its plans to develop a nuclear-tipped missile.

11 Jul 2017

Japan protests South Korea's 'comfort women' heritage bid

The reaction comes after Seoul's gender equality minister yesterday expressed support for efforts to include the papers in the "Memory of the World" register of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

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