Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga poses for a picture following his press conference at LDP (Liberal Democratic Party) headquarters, in Tokyo, Japan September 14, 2020. Nicolas Datiche/Pool via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga won a landslide victory in a ruling party leadership election on Monday, paving the way for him to replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan's first change of leader in nearly eight years.
Abe is resigning because of poor health, ending his tenure as Japan's longest-serving prime minister. The winner of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) election is virtually assured of becoming premier because of the LDP's parliamentary majority.
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