All eyes on Suga’s foreign-policy agenda

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-The Japan Times-

It’s been a month and a half since Shinzo Abe’s abrupt resignation, and Washington’s attention quickly shifted to successor Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga —virtually an unknown politician among the international community despite the fact that he had played a powerful role throughout the Abe administration as chief Cabinet secretary. Gradually, Washington is beginning to see the outlines of Suga’s policies from the viewpoint of U.S.-Japan relations.

His pledge for continuity has been welcomed, but still many questions loom among the foreign-policy community in Washington about the new prime minister.

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