The United States and Japan agree in principle, but implementation is . . . For Suga, the meeting was a chance to show the Japanese public that, despite his reputation for being a locally-minded politician, with little experience in foreign policy, he can be trusted to manage Japan’s relationship with the United States
East Asia Forum Quarterly: Volume 13, Number 3, 2021 Suga, who is a master political tactician, took that chalice, and cleverly allocated substantive cabinet roles to his rivals Burdened with the ignominy of the Diamond Princess cruise ship debacle, Suga’s challenge in continuing Abe’s policies had to begin with restoring credibility to government
TOKYO OLYMPICS - East Asia Forum Can Suga turn around Abe’s lacklustre response to COVID-19? Hiromi Murakami Northeast Asia 4 years ago
Reimagining the Japan Relationship - East Asia Forum The Australian Government has worked to elevate the relationship with Japan Prime Minister Scot Morrison’s trip to Japan in November 2020 for an in-person summit with then prime minister Yoshihide Suga was his only oficial trip overseas that year and the only visit to another country as prime minister in close to 19 months, emblematic of the significance of the relationship
East Asia Forum Quarterly: Volume 6, Number 3, 2014 Japan’s Chief Cabinet secretary, suga yoshihide, lodged oficial objections with the south Korean and Chinese governments, describing Ahn as ‘a terrorist who was sentenced to death for killing our country’s first prime minister’