Japan hopes that a candid exchange of views between the two leaders will help take the bilateral relationship to "new heights," chief cabinet secretary and government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi said ...

Japan hopes that a candid exchange of views between the two leaders will help take the bilateral relationship to "new heights," chief cabinet secretary and government spokesman Yoshimasa Hayashi ...

Faced with abysmal public approval ratings, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga deviously toyed ... Suga approached Motoo Hayashi, who serves as an acting secretary-general, to take over as chairman ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection.

Koizumi is close to Yoshihide Suga, the 75-year-old former ... Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, 63, who belonged to the now-dissolved Kishida faction, is also expected to soon announce ...