Posted on 09/14/2020 2:11:23 PM PDT by packrat35
Japan's ruling party on Monday elected chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga as its new leader, making him all but certain to replace Shinzo Abe as the country's next prime minister.
Suga easily won the ballot, taking 377 of a total of 534 valid votes from Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers and regional representatives.
His rivals, former defence minister Shigeru Ishiba and LDP policy chief Fumio Kishida, trailed far behind.
Given the LDP's legislative majority, Suga is expected to handily win a parliamentary vote Wednesday and become prime minister, taking over from Abe, who is resigning for health reasons.
A powerful government adviser and spokesman, 71-year-old Suga is seen as promising stability and a continuation of Abe's policies.
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Trump ally?
Says continuation of Abe’s policies.
No surprise here, it has been known for months if not years that he was next in line. Unlike Abe, Suga is a commonplace bureaucrat, meaning Japan will not be making any policy changes for a while.
Good!
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
Suga in one hand and Shinzo in the other... Which one fills first?
As long as Suga continues the build-up of the armed forces, who cares...
Is Suga a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nippon_Kaigi
?
Nippon Kaigi...
Need a T-shirt with that... Tell everyone that it is my favorite sake...
“Abe, who smashed records as Japan’s longest-serving prime minister before being forced to resign after a recurrence of ulcerative colitis”
I hope it is not something more serious - he was a good friend to us.
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