TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, the frontrunner to succeed outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Sunday declined to say whether he would dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap election upon becoming premier.
"What the people want the most is to keep a balance between preventing further infections of the novel coronavirus and promoting economic activities," Suga said when asked about a poll a day before he is expected to be elected president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party. Abe is stepping down for health reasons.
