Japan's Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Abe

Published On: September 14, 2020 12:23 PM NPT By: Reuters


Japan's Suga wins ruling party leadership race to replace Abe
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga looks on during ballot-casting at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan September 14, 2020. Eugene Hoshiko/Pool via REUTERS

TOKYO, Sept 14: Japan’s Yoshihide Suga, a long-time ally of outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, won a ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to become prime minister in a parliamentary vote this week.

Suga, 71, who served in the powerful post of chief cabinet secretary during Abe’s nearly eight-year tenure, has said he will pursue his predecessor’s “Abenomics” recipe of hyper-easy monetary policy, government spending and reform and follow a diplomatic line centred on the U.S.-Japan security alliance.

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