Yoshihide Suga is not your typical Japanese politician and yet the 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer is about to become Japan's next prime minister | ErykBagshaw
Yoshihide Suga is not your typical Japanese politician and yet the 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer isThe drab and direct chief cabinet secretary of former prime minister Shinzo Abe is a self-made man, rising from local council, through ministerial posts, to become Abe's lieutenant. The distinction is unusual in Japanese politics where dynasties have dominated politics for decades.
“That a regular person like me can seek to become a prime minister, that’s exactly Japan’s democracy, isn’t it?” Suga said after announcing his candidacy two weeks ago.Ultimately, Suga is still a middle-aged man in a blue suit. Right now continuity is Japan's number one priority. The task ahead of Suga is less transformative than his rise to power.
In his eight-years by Abe's side, Suga helped implement Abe's stimulatory economic policy and promoted a more assertive foreign position that saw Japan re-emerge as a key ally in international relations.
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