Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Friday he will prioritize the government's coronavirus response but will also give consideration to diplomatic and economic issues as he weighs when to dissolve the Lower House for an election, due by this fall.
"Measures against the novel coronavirus come first," Suga told reporters in Washington after meeting U.S. President Joe Biden.
"I will think about the timing by taking into account the House of Representatives members' term ending this fall as well as diplomacy, security and the economy," he added.