Japan’s Parliament Elects Yoshihide Suga as New Prime Minister

  • Parliament vote caps former Abe aide’s ascent to top office
  • Suga says he’ll continue policies including monetary easing
Japan’s Parliament Elects Yoshihide Suga as New Prime Minister
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Japan’s parliament formally elected ruling party stalwart Yoshihide Suga -- the 71-year-old son of a strawberry farmer -- to be the country’s first new prime minister in almost eight years.