Prime minister and finance minister. Health minister Kato Katsunobu will become chief cabinet secretary. Foreign minister Motegi Toshimitsu will stayay in that role. And former state minister for foreign affairs, kishi nobuo, will be defense minister. As for the countrys top job, Suga Yoshihide is widely expected to be elected Prime Minister on wednesday at an extraordinary session of the diet. The vote among lawmakers is virtually assured to name suga as successor to Prime Minister abe shinzo since a liberal democratic partyled coalition controls both houses. The political transition comes after abes surprise announcement last month that he would step down to deal with health issues. Suga won a commanding victory in mondays vote from the main ruling ldp leader for the main ruling ldp leader. Hes well known to japanese as the voice of their longngestserving government, acting as abes chchief cabinet secretary fofor more than seven years. Elected on a promise of stabilility, suga is vow
Evidence the man wanted to defect. Officials say the man went missing from a patrol vessel in the yellow sea and could not have reached the spot where he was found unless he swam there. The findings are based on an analysis of the current at the time and the fact he wore a life jajacket. The south korean report also says north korea knew the mans name, age and hometown as well as his desire to defect. Pyongyang claims the man never disclosed his name and had tried to escape. South koreas coast guard and Defense Ministry have been investigating the shooting. The reports conclusions may also have been informed by north koreas military communication records. Seoul is calling for a joint investigation to find out what really happened. Japans Prime Minister says hell do whatever he can to bring back japanese nationals abducted by north korea decades ago. Suga yoshihide met with relatives of the abductees on tuesday for the First Time Since he took office. Translator i will personally lead e
The 71yearold veteran politician will succeed abe shinzo who has resigned to deal with health issues. Suga supported abe as chief cabinet secretary for more than seven years. He says he will push forward abes policies to deal with the coronavirus and revitalize the economy. He also vows to push forward administrative and regulatory reforms. The emperor cerememonially endorseded suguga in his cabine line with the constitutional requirements. Suga will hold a News Conference at 9 00 p. M. Local time to talk about his priorities and the challenges hes about to take on. Well bring it to you live. Now heres a quick look at the life of the countrys new leader. Reporter nearly every day for the past eight years, Suga Yoshihide has stood here taking questions from reporters especially in a tim they faced tough criticism to unpopular policy decisions. The top spopokesperson seemed unflappable. Reporter then he took this step into the glare of the public eye. Suga unveiled japans new era name. R
Will be treated in their official residence. Trump underwent tests for the virus after one of his top advisers reportedly fell ill during a Campaign Stop on wednesday. Hope hicks traveled with trump to cleveland earlier this week for his debate against democratic candidate joe biden. The coronavirus has been a central issue for the campaign as the United States has become the worlds biggest hot spot. More than 200,000 people there have died. Trump has been criticized for down playing the impact of the disease. He said in february its going to disappear one day like a miracle more recently hes been reluctant to call for people to wear masks despite repeated requests from experts. Following his diagnosis trump tweeted he and Melania Trump have already begun the Recovery Process saying we will get through this together. The first lady also took to social media to relay the news telling followers that she and her husband are feeling good. To find out more, we spoke to professor kubo fume a
South koreas military earlier said the man went missing from a vessel near yeonpyeong island on monday, a day before he was spotted floating in the north waters of the yellow sea. They shot the man dead and burned his body. Officials said the north explained its troops fired more than ten shots as the man was trying to flee. The north also reportedly said its personnel didntt finthe mans body but burned the flotation material he used in accordance with covid19 guidelines. The north also said it would do its utmost to prevent something similar from happening again, to avoid damaging relations between pyongyang and seoul. For more insight we spoke to a doctor in seoul, a Research Fellow at the institute for north korean studies. From the standpoint of north korea, it must have realized that making the excuse that he was, and that he was for prevention of covid19 outbreak would not satisfy angry south korean public,c, so it needs to express at least a minimum amountnt of sincere apology a