Yoshihide Suga

Yoshihide Suga

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

He will be replacing the longest running PM of Japan Shinzo Abe

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Japan's next prime minister as a boy: good in sports, 'stiff' as actor

FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, drinks water during a news conference to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Japan's Suga: Will have to call for sales tax hike in future

FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, drinks water during a news conference to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Backroom deals, old-school politics help rise of Japan's likely new premier

Japan's top government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga smiles during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan August 26, 2020/ Reuters

Japan's Suga expected to announce candidacy for PM race

Japan's top government spokesman Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga smiles during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo, Japan August 26, 2020/ Reuters

Largest faction of Japan's ruling party backs Suga to replace Abe as PM

In race to replace Japan's Abe, loyalist Suga emerges as strong contender

In race to replace Japan's Abe, loyalist Suga emerges as strong contender