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Yoshihide Suga voted Japan’s first new prime minister in 8 years by ruling partySuga has officially replaced Shinzo Abe, Japan's longest-serving premier, who resigned because of ill health earlier this summer.WorldSep 16, 2020
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Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resigns, clearing way for successor Yosihide SugaAbe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, announced last month that he was stepping down because of health problems.PoliticsSep 15, 2020
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Japan’s economic crisis hits new low amid coronavirus, setting test for next PMThe new economic data will put the new prime minister, to be elected in a ruling party leadership race on Sept. 14, under pressure to take bolder economic support measures.WorldSep 8, 2020
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Japan’s prime minister steps down due to health problems"It is gut wrenching to have to leave my job before accomplishing my goals,'' Shinzo Abe said Friday.WorldAug 28, 2020
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Japan’s prime minister visits hospital, raising renewed health concernsThe Prime Minister's Office declined to comment on the hospital visit, saying it was not on his official schedule.WorldAug 17, 2020
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Japan’s Emperor expresses ‘deep remorse’ on 75th anniversary of end of WWIIAmid virus fears and worries about the fading memories of the fast-aging war generation, about 500 participants, reduced from 6,200 last year, mourned the dead with a minute of silence.WorldAug 15, 2020
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Nagasaki urges world to abandon nuclear weapons on 75th anniversary of bombingAt 11:02 a.m., the moment the B-29 bomber Bockscar dropped a 4.5-ton (10,000-pound) plutonium bomb dubbed "Fat Man,'' Nagasaki survivors and other participants stood in a minute of silence to honour more than 70,000 dead.Aug 9, 2020
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Coronavirus: Japan expected to lift state of emergency, but not for TokyoThe government had said it would reassess the situation in mid-May.WorldMay 14, 2020
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Holding Olympics in 2021 will be ‘difficult’ without coronavirus vaccine: officialThe head of the Japan Medical Association also said it's too early to consider lifting the nationwide state of emergency over the pandemic.WorldApr 28, 2020
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Coronavirus: Tokyo Olympic organizers, IOC clash over who pays for postponementMedia reports in Japan estimate the year-long delay caused by the coronavirus pandemic will cost $2 billion to $6 billion.SportsApr 21, 2020
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