Former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will become the next head of a cross-party group of lawmakers promoting friendly ties between Japan and South Korea, the group decided Friday.The appointment of a former premier is aimed at facilitating lawmaker-level exchanges at a time when Tokyo and Seoul are stepping up efforts to resolve disputes over wartime labor by Koreans that have strained ties. Suga will replace former Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga."South Korea is an extremely important neighbor in economic and security terms," Suga said in a meeting of the group in Tokyo, vowing …READ FULL ARTICLE
