{"id":1871,"date":"2020-09-16T21:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2020-09-16T21:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T16:04:47","slug":"yoshihide-suga-named-japans-prime-minister-succeeding-abe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=1871","title":{"rendered":"Yoshihide Suga named Japan\u2019s prime minister, succeeding Abe\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>TOKYO (AP) &#8211; Japan\u2019s<\/em> Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man.\u00a0 Suga, keeping his straight face, bowed deeply several times when the results were announced first in the lower house, the more powerful of the two parliamentary chambers where he has a seat, as his fellow ruling lawmakers applauded. He was also confirmed in the upper house.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSuga had been chosen Monday to lead the ruling party, virtually assuring he would succeed Abe, who resigned because of ill health. Suga, who was chief Cabinet secretary in Abe\u2019s government, is to launch his own Cabinet later Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSuga has stressed his background as a farmer\u2019s son and a self-made politician in promising to serve the interests of ordinary people and rural communities. He has said he will pursue Abe\u2019s unfinished policies and that his priorities will be fighting the coronavirus and turning around an economy battered by the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAbe said before the change was official that as a lawmaker, he will support Suga\u2019s government and he thanked the people for their understanding and their strong support for Suga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\u201cI devoted my body and soul for the economic recovery and diplomacy to protect Japan\u2019s national interest every single day since we returned to power,\u201d Abe told reporters at the prime minister\u2019s office before heading into his final Cabinet meeting. \u201cDuring this time, I was able to tackle various challenges together with the people, and I\u2019m proud of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn a brief farewell ceremony, Abe was presented with a bouquet as all Prime Minister\u2019s Office staff and Suga lined up and applauded until he disappeared into his car.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSuga gained the support of party heavyweights early in the campaign on expectations he would continue Abe\u2019s line. Suga has been a loyal supporter since Abe\u2019s first stint as prime minister from 2006 to 2007. Abe\u2019s first tenure ended abruptly because of illness, and Suga helped him return as prime minister in 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAbe, 65, said last month his health was improving after changing to a new IV treatment for his ulcerative colitis but he decided to resign because he faces ongoing treatment and physical weakness as a result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSuga, 71, praised Abe\u2019s diplomacy and economic policies when asked what he would like to accomplish himself and says he will set up a new government agency to speed up Japan\u2019s lagging digital transformation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHe does not belong to any wing within the ruling party and said he will break down vested interests and rules that hamper reforms. In reshuffling key posts with the party, however, Suga evenly allocated top posts to key factions, a balancing act seen as a return of favor for their support in the leadership race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nSuga said he will appoint \u201creform-minded, hard-working people\u201d to the new Cabinet. All but five of the 20 expected posts are new faces. Eleven members in the last Abe administration are to be retained or shifted to different ministerial posts and had served one of reshuffled Abe Cabinets.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nMedia reports say some key ministers, including Finance Minister Taro Aso, Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Olympic Minister Seiko Hashimoto, and Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the son of former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, will stay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nKatsunobu Kato, a former Finance Ministry bureaucrat and Abe\u2019s close aide who served health minister, is expected to take over Suga\u2019s post. Abe\u2019s younger brother, Nobuo Kishi, who has close ties with Taiwan, is reportedly being tapped as defense minister, replacing Taro Kono who is expected be shifted to administrative reforms minister.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHashimoto and Yoko Kamikawa are the only Cabinet ministers who are women. Kamikawa in her last stint as justice minister in 2018 ordered the executions of 13 Aum Shinrikyo cultists for the subway gas attacks in 1995.<br \/>\nCompared to his political prowess at home, Suga has hardly traveled overseas and his diplomatic skills are unknown, though he is largely expected to pursue Abe\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe new prime minister will inherit a range of challenges, including relations with China, which continues its assertive actions in the contested East China Sea, and what to do with the Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed to next summer due to the coronavirus. 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