Japan’s parliament has elected 71-year-old Yoshihide Suga as the new head of government. Today he succeeded Shinzo Abe, who resigned for health reasons after a record tenure of nearly eight years.
Suga, who was Abe’s right-hand man for all these years, serving as cabinet secretary and government spokesman, is the oldest head of government in Japan for around three decades. He wants to present his cabinet today. This will include many ministers who were already there under Abe.
Suga wants to continue Abe’s economic policies of monetary easing, debt-financed economic stimulus programs and reforms to overcome the coronavirus crisis and make the economy more productive.
