Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s out-of-the-blue decision Sept. 3 to step aside triggered a flurry of moves by lawmakers in the Liberal Democratic Party eager to grasp what they view as a golden ...
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, and Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, prepare for a meeting of party executives on Sept. 3. (Nobuo Fujiwara) ...