Shinzo Abe's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga is set to become Japan's next prime minister after winning a mandate to continue his predecessor's domestic and foreign policy | ErykBagshaw
Shinzo Abe's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga will become Japan's next prime minister after winning a mandate to continue his predecessor's domestic and foreign policy.
He is expected to be formally declared prime minister after a parliamentary vote on Wednesday, where the LDP has a ruling majority.Abe, Japan's longest serving prime minister and a key figure in international relations resigned on August 28, after a prolonged battle with a chronic illness.
The son of a strawberry farmer is only the fourth post-war prime minister not to have come from a political family in a country still dominated by political dynasties.
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