Yoshihide Suga, Japan's chief cabinet secretary, at his office after winning the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) leadership election in Tokyo, Japan, on Sept. 14, 2020. Suga was elected leader of the ruling LDP by an overwhelming majority, ushering in the country’s first change of prime minister in almost eight years. - Bloomberg
TOKYO, Sept 15 (Reuters): Japanese ruling party head Yoshihide Suga, in line to become the next prime minister, appeared set on Tuesday to continue his predecessor's policies by keeping key cabinet ministers and party officials in their posts, as he had promised.
Suga, long a loyal aide and chief cabinet secretary under outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, on Monday won a landslide victory to take over the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). He pledged to carry on many of Abe's programmes, including his signature "Abenomics" economic strategy.
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