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BRI won't be affected by Japan's increased cooperation in the region

According to a report by the Kyodo News on Tuesday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said in a meeting with his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) he considered that his planned trip to Vietnam and Indonesia is of great importance in promoting an open and free Indo-Pacific region, with centrally located ASEAN playing a key role in the initiative.

A trilateral summit between Korea, Japan and China is unlikely to be held this year as Tokyo has notified Seoul that Japan's new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will not visit Seoul to attend the meeting unless the bilateral friction over compensation for wartime forced labor is resolved, according to Japanese media reports.

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is set to leave the U.S. for Japan on Sunday but will not travel to South Korea and Mongolia on his Asian visit as planned, the U.S. government said, after President Donald Trump was hospitalized with the coronavirus.

US secretary of state’s East Asia visit is expected to focus heavily on China and North Korea.

Manufacturing data from China and Japan show growing demand for exports, but jobs remain under pressure.

MPs approve Suga as PM, as outgoing leader promises support for successor who vowed to continue his policies

As anticipated, Yoshihide Suga won the election for the leadership of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday afternoon. He defeated Fumio Kishida and Shigeru Ishiba by a landslide victory. Since the LDP is Japan's ruling party, it means Suga will be Japan's new prime minister in two days, succeeding Shinzo Abe.