TOKYO -- In a speech to parliament this week, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga invoked a foreign policy concept from predecessor Shinzo Abe, but with one subtle difference that hints at the new leader's more balanced approach to ties with the U.S. and China.
Suga said Monday that he would "aim to realize a free and open Indo-Pacific," an idea pushed by both the U.S. and Japan in recent years.
