Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership vote and will therefore secure the post of prime minister, according to the results of Monday's election

The mounting public criticism of the Japanese government's response to the coronavirus outbreak has weakened the image of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but will unlikely see him removed from office, and the economic implications of the virus outbreak may even offer Abe an opportunity to revamp his reforms, experts told Sputnik

Less than 3,000 foreign tourists, the lowest number in decades, visited Japan last month, which is a 99.9 percent year-on-year drop, the national Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday, citing government data