Yoshihide Suga

Japan has become a stunning, and somewhat mysterious, coronavirus success story.

Japan’s former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida has won the governing party leadership election.

Japan is set to lift all coronavirus emergency measures when they expire later this week as the infections slow.

Japan is to further extend a state of emergency in Tokyo and nearly 20 other areas until the end of September.

Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics came Sunday, almost eight years to the day after the Japanese capital was awarded the Games.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he won’t run for leadership of the governing party at the end of this month.

US President Joe Biden, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among Pacific Rim leaders gathering virtually to discuss strategies to help economies.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he is aiming to have everyone in the country vaccinated by November, a target he set with a general election scheduled for later this year

Japan extended a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas for 20 more days on Friday, with infections still not slowing as it prepares to host the Olympics in just over 50 days

PM Suga is determined to hold the Olympics after a one-year delay and pledge to finish vaccinating the country’s 36 million elderly people by the end of July.