Japan PM Suga to skip Tokyo Olympic torch relay's opening ceremony

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Tuesday he will not attend the Tokyo Olympic torch relay's opening ceremony later this week.Suga's decision to skip Thursday's ceremony in Fukushima Prefecture comes as parliamentary deliberations over the draft budget for the coming fiscal year starting in April continue."I will hold off on attendance after comprehensively considering parliamentary schedules and other aspects," Suga said in a statement responding to media questions.The ceremony will be held at the J-Village soccer training center in the northeastern Japan prefecture, which was a frontline…READ FULL ARTICLE