Japan's longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe left office amid cheers before his longtime aide Yoshihide Suga was elected the country’s first new leader in nearly 8 years
TOKYO - Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s first new prime minister in nearly eight years on Wednesday, pledging to contain COVID-19 and push reforms after retaining about half of predecessor Shinzo Abe’s lineup in his cabinet.
Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, resigned because of ill health after nearly eight years in office. Finance Minister Taro Aso and Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi stayed on, as did Environment Minister Shinjiro Koizumi, the youngest in the cabinet at 39. Abe’s younger brother Nobuo Kishi was handed the defence portfolio, while former Defence Minister Taro Kono takes charge of administrative reform.Katsunobu Kato, formerly health minister and a close Suga ally, becomes chief cabinet secretary.
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