Pandemic forces Suga to travel to US with reduced entourage

Neither cabinet members nor first lady will accompany prime minister

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will depart April 15 from Haneda Airport on Japan's equivalent of Air Force One. (Photo courtesy of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force)

SHUNSUKE SHIGETA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will leave Thursday for his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington with neither cabinet members nor his wife in his entourage as both sides try to minimize the risk of COVID-19 infections.

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