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Yoshihide Suga set to become Japan’s next prime minister

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September 16, 2020
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TOKYO: Japan's parliament votes on Wednesday (Sep 16) for the country's next prime minister, with powerful Cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga all but assured the top job, as Shinzo Abe ends his record-breaking tenure.

Suga, who on Monday was elected leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), is viewed as a continuity candidate, saying his run was inspired by the desire to continue Abe's policies.

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Abe is ending his record-breaking tenure with a year left in his mandate, forced out by a recurrence of ulcerative colitis, a condition that has long plagued him.

Abe and his Cabinet resigned on Wednesday morning, paving the way for a vote in parliament in the early afternoon, which Suga is expected to easily win, given the ruling party's strong majority.

The 71-year-old has spent decades in politics, most recently as chief Cabinet secretary, where he was known for pushing government policies through a sometimes intractable bureaucracy.

He has also been the face of the government, doggedly defending its policies as spokesman, including in sometimes testy exchanges with journalists.

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Suga's background, as the son of a strawberry farmer father and school teacher mother, sets him apart from the many blue blood political elites in his party and the Japanese political scene.

READ: Ageing and empty: Japan's next prime ministers hometown highlights challenges ahead

But while he has championed some measures intended to help rural areas like his hometown in northern Japan's Akita, his political views remain largely a mystery.

"THIS IS MY MISSION"

He is viewed as more pragmatic than ideological, and during his campaign spoke more about the need to break down administrative obstacles – so-called bureaucratic silos – than any grand political guiding principles.

He will face a raft of tough challenges, including an economy that was already in recession before the coronavirus pandemic.

Suga has said kick-starting the economy will be a top priority, along with containing the coronavirus – essential if the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics are to open as planned in July 2021.

His recipe for doing that? More of the same, he says.

READ: Japan's Suga vows to put growth ahead of fiscal reform, signals status quo of Abenomics

"In order to overcome the crisis and give the Japanese people a sense of relief, we need to succeed in what Prime Minister Abe has been implementing," Suga said after being elected LDP leader on Monday.

"This is my mission."

Suga will unveil his Cabinet formally later on Wednesday, but leaks to Japanese media suggest it will offer few surprises.

Senior figures including Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi and Finance Minister Taro Aso are expected to stay on in their jobs.

Defence Minister Taro Kono will be replaced by Abe's brother Nobuo Kishi, who was adopted by his uncle as a child and carries his surname.

READ: Abe plan for land-attack counterpunch could mark major military shift for Japan

Kono is reportedly set to become minister in charge of administrative reform, a portfolio Suga considers particularly important.

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