A major security forum scheduled to be held next month in Singapore has been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, its organizer said Thursday.Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga had been expected to participate in the June 4-5 gathering, known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, sponsored annually by British think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies. It would have been the first attendance by a Japanese leader in seven years.The forum was expected to be an occasion for Suga to promote a free and open Indo-Pacific, a vision sought by Japan and the United States as China increases …READ FULL ARTICLE
