Shinzo Abe (left), Japan’s former prime minister, with his successor Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Photo: AP
Shinzo Abe (left), Japan’s former prime minister, with his successor Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Photo: AP

Japan’s new PM: Yoshihide Suga rises from rural beginnings to replace Shinzo Abe

  • Suga has said he will pursue Abe’s unfinished policies and that his top priorities will be fighting Covid-19 and turning around the battered economy
  • The son of a farmer inherits a range of other challenges, including Japan’s relations with China and what to do with the Tokyo Olympics

Shinzo Abe (left), Japan’s former prime minister, with his successor Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Photo: AP
Shinzo Abe (left), Japan’s former prime minister, with his successor Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. Photo: AP
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