Yoshihide Suga is formally elected as Japan's new Prime Minister in a parliamentary vote, replacing Shinzo Abe who has resigned due to poor health.
Mr Suga will replace Shinzo Abe, who has resigned because of poor health., virtually assuring his succession.
Previously the chief cabinet secretary and long seen as Mr Abe's right-hand man, he will launch his own Cabinet later today. Mr Suga has stressed his background as a farmer's son and a self-made politician while promising to serve the interests of ordinary people and rural communities. He has said he will pursue Mr Abe's unfinished policies, and his top priorities will be fighting coronavirus and turning around Japan's economy, which has battered by the pandemic.
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