Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga <br>[Photo by Reuters]

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga
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[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced on the 23rd his plan to visit the United States in February next year to hold the first US-Japan summit meeting with President-elect Joe Biden.


According to NHK and other sources, Prime Minister Suga appeared on the satellite broadcast 'BS TV Tokyo' that night and said about the US-Japan summit, "If possible, holding it by February would be one of the goals." President-elect Biden, who won the US presidential election, is scheduled to be officially inaugurated on January 20 next year.



Prime Minister Suga also expressed his intention to coordinate the specific schedule for his visit to the US while monitoring the ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) situation in the United States. Recently, the US has been experiencing 200,000 to 300,000 new COVID-19 cases daily.


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