Yoshihide Suga in decisive win to become Japan’s next leader
Behind-the-scene chief cabinet secretary has vowed to follow ‘Abenomics’
14 September 2020 - 17:16
Tokyo — Japanese chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga, a loyal aide to outgoing prime minister Abe Shinzo, won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday, paving the way for Japan’s first change of leader in nearly eight years.
Suga, 71, who has promised to continue Abe’s main policies, said his big win would give him the backing to pursue his reform goals — including deregulation and breaking down bureaucratic silos — and that containing the novel coronavirus and reviving the economy were conditions for calling a snap general election...
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