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On September 16, Yoshihide Suga was appointed as the new prime minister of Japan, following a vote in parliament that confirmed the result of the internal primaries for the Liberal Democrats, the party that leads the center-right government. Suga’s appointment was a formality, as the leader of the ruling party in Japan is also prime minister. Suga thus replaces Shinzo Abe, who announced his resignation for health reasons at the end of August.
The son of a strawberry grower and teacher, Suga has been in politics for more than thirty years, rising through the party hierarchy: in 1996 he entered Parliament, ten years later in government, and in 2012 he became the influential arm. Abe is right, assuming the post of secretary of government (that is, the minister who is tasked with coordinating the activities of his colleagues). After Abe’s resignation he was not considered among the main favorites, but he knew how to move well and obtain the support of almost all the factions of the party, although he openly does not belong to any of them.
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