Suga Yoshihide

Japan's new leader faces an uphill battle in reviving a pandemic-hit economy and addressing growing regional security risks.

The Liberal Democrats and their coalition partner have a majority in parliament. Whoever wins the September 29 party vote is likely to become the new prime minister. 

Japan’s ruling coalition failed to win a majority in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election. Is this the beginning of a leadership vacuum in Japan?

The success of Japan’s vaccination campaign could determine whether Prime Minister Suga stays in office beyond this fall.

Japan has made crucial moves in recent years, particularly in its relations with Vietnam, but without much hype.

At a time of stalemate, the Suga administration seems unwilling to take the initiative.

With full elections due by this fall, the opposition's sweep of Sunday's by-elections is a warning sign for Prime Minister Suga and the LDP.

Suga’s honeymoon period is over following a lavish dining scandal involving elite LDP bureaucrats and Suga’s eldest son. 

How the leaders of China, South Korea, and Japan revealed their differing ambitions during their speeches to the World Economic Forum.

Wang Yi’s trip marks Beijing’s first high-level engagement with the new Suga administration.

A spate of recent exchanges could be seen as an accomplishment in and of itself, but there has been little concrete progress toward a solution on the forced labor issue.