[Breaking] Japan's Suga Withdraws from LDP Leadership Race... Likely to Resign as Prime Minister

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kang Hee-jong] Yoshihide Suga, the president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, has decided not to run in the presidential election scheduled for the 29th.

According to NHK, Prime Minister Suga announced his intention not to run in the presidential election at the LDP's extraordinary executive meeting held on the morning of the 3rd.

According to attendees, Suga stated, "I will not run in the presidential election in order to focus on COVID-19 measures," expressing his intention not to run in the LDP presidential election scheduled for the 29th.

Accordingly, Suga is expected to resign as Prime Minister at the end of this month, coinciding with the expiration of his presidential term.

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