Yoshihide Suga was On Wednesday Japan’s first new prime minister in nearly 8 years, promising to involve the new coronavirus and push for reforms after maintaining a portion of his predecessor Shinzo Abe’s cabinet.
Suga, 71, said he would stick to his former boss’s “Abenomics” expansion policies while driving reforms such as deregulation, digitization, and the removal of bureaucratic barriers.
Seeming to downplay the option of an early election, he said what the Japanese were looking for was the ultimate in involving the coronavirus epidemic and reviving the economy it was suffering from. “This is the first thing I need to work with my new firm,” he told reporters. .
Elections for the small space are scheduled to be held until the end of October 2021, but there is a hypothesis that Suga may simply call a previous vote to consolidate its mandate.
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Abe, the prime minister with the most years of service in Japan, resigned due to fitness problems after nearly 8 years in power.
Suga served as secretary of the leader cupboard, acting as a leading government spokesman and policy coordinator. He was also tasked with protecting Abe from the friendly scandals that rarely reduced the company’s aid rates.
Suga, who on Monday won a strong race for the leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), faces a pletlettive of demanding situations ranging from the pandemic to an ageing society.
With little diplomatic experience, he also faces an escalation of the U. S. -China confrontation, forges ties with the winner of the November 3 U. S. election, and seeks to keep Japan on track with Beijing.
Almost part of the new closet is Abe’s postponements. Only two are, and the average age, adding to Suga, is 60 years.
Finance Minister Taro Aso and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi remained, as did Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the youngest of 39 years in the cabinet.
“It’s a ‘Continuity with C’ firm,” said Jesper Koll, senior advisor to asset manager WisdomTree Investments.
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At his press conference, Suga said he would put into effect policies for Tokyo’s alliance with the United States, while waiting to identify strong relations with China and Russia.
U. S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a statement in which Washington looked forward to competing with Suga and calling the U. S. -Japan Alliance “a cornerstone of peace, security, and prosperity in an open and loose Indo-Pacific. “
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) directs ministers from his closet as they prepare for a photoshoot with Suga’s official in Tokyo, Japan, on September 16, 2020 (Reuters)