PM Takaichi to skip Japan-held Asian Games opening ceremony: gov't official

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is expected to skip the opening ceremony for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games that will be held in central Japan later this month, a senior government official said Monday.The ceremony is scheduled to take place in Nagoya on Sept. 19, with the games to be held through Oct. 4. Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are among the attendees at the opening ceremony.At the 1994 games in Hiroshima, then Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama did not attend the opening ceremony.Takaichi is likely to have a packed schedule, with a Cabinet and ruling party leadership reshuf…READ FULL ARTICLE