It is the exit that Shinzo Abe had planned. longer occurs next week Prime Minister in charge of Japan for a recurrence of ulcerative for chronic bowel disease. Leave a popularity rating is, the pacifist Constitution of the country and its economy unreformed worried by the crown pandemic, which also forced the postponement – perhaps demolition – the Tokyo Olympics 2020. These games were the glorious singing of Abe tied Swan – meaning liberal democratic Party (LDP) rules had just one year left in office. Instead, it leaves troubled legacy. Abe’s successor is expected to make economic rejuvenation policy “abenomics” increasingly belligerent moribund China and North Korea, a wayward partner in the White House and a demographic time-bomb ticking with the crown deal. It will not be much of a honeymoon. Monday ‘, the LDP has taken up to succeed Abe assistant. Yoshihide Suga Abe served as the equivalent of chief of staff of a White House chief of staff, communications director and vice president in a person for almost eight years. He was courting factions competitors as capable as stable, the candidate continuity. (Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba and former Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida was here, but they were outside bet before the LDP election considered.) The LDP and its coalition partner, has a majority in the legislature, Suga everything is everything but prime Minister assured after a vote on Wednesday. Who is Yoshihide Suga? Suga, 71, the son of a strawberry farmer in farm fraction Akinomiya in frozen northern prefecture of Akita, it lacks the political pedigree Abe, the grandson of a prime minister and son of a former foreign minister. But Suga has built a reputation as a tough, detail-oriented workaholic who still does 100 sit-ups every day and do not touch alcohol. A childhood friend told the Wall Street Journal that Suga was a sumo wrestler in his youth talent. A curmudgeon intrepid, especially with the press, it is more technocrat than visionary. However, he took urge free trade agreements a leading role through the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), after the United States under the Trump back. Especially Suga has a reputation as a skilled political operator noticed behind many of Abe’s political successes. “Suga is one of the main reasons why all Abe has remained in power for so long,” said Jeffrey Kingston, professor of Japanese studies at Temple University in Tokyo. He will have to take difficult decisions quickly. Japan has a general election scheduled for October 2021 in Suga way must decide whether to serve as a caretaker until then, or take advantage of the current disorder in opposition and call the vote to cement his starting position. “The next government should not a transitional government,” he told Kyodo news agency of Japan Suga September 6 problems at home kept the economy ticking prey pandemic is a top priority for all leaders of the world, although in declining, aging population of Japan makes Suga particularly acute challenge, Abe had $2.2 Katherine in the economic stimulus packages and more has been approved in the pipeline. But a 100,000 yen ($940) dispenses to all citizens is not increased their consumption, as hoped. Suga was a driving force of a “Jump to travel” campaign of half the cost of domestic tourism by all international arrivals, but not to subsidize. However, the initiative was rolled back and a “failure” by critics amid a COVID-19 increased in July and August brand. Many other economic countermeasures are being discussed, such as temporary income guarantees and expanding employment subsidies. “The problem is that he represents continuity, you probably need a new reflection there,” explains Kingston. “More’s the same thing does not promise much.” While the departure of Abe’s speech, one of his stolzesten accomplishments was to curb or reverse the Karoshi work culture even death from overwork, where endless hours workers spent in the office and feel obliged to drink with colleagues after hours to go. If your forte is proclaimed Suga continue the campaign is unclear. Analysts say Suga probably continue to increase opportunities for women. Under Abe, 63% female participation rate increased to 71%, higher than the United States, although most still in positions of dead-end jobs with few career prospects. It is doubtful that Suga equally to Abe’s ideological tasks such as installing patriotic education and the establishment of Japan pacifist reform needs to give its military more room to work. “These do not appear on top of his list of priorities,” said Sheila Smith, an East Asia expert at the Council on Foreign Relations. An unstable Abe neighborhood was a shrewd international operators, visiting 80 countries to build a consensus on various issues and to strengthen the geopolitical influence of Japan. However Suga fight the crown means to take delivery of the same brand of diplomacy retail sales. However, to get the Suga TPP great success and a trade agreement with the E.U. negotiating means, which is not a geopolitical upstart. made before the pandemic, Chinese President Xi Jinping was scheduled a visit to Tokyo in April, and Suga is likely to try to make this visit in hopes of rekindling in the notice world. Abe was able to build trade and investment relations with China, although reports remain cold because of historical grudges. China has set a record this year with 111 days forays straight into Japanese waters around the disputed Senkaku islands, known as the Diaoyus in China. (They stopped only because of a typhoon approaching). Japanese fishing boat in the area are regularly harassed by the Chinese Coast Guard. Kristi Govella, assistant professor of Asian studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, says that the problem for Suga is that tensions between Japan and China are of a structural nature. “Suga is basically caught in a balancing act between Japan a strong economic relationship is maintained, but also to recognize that China is increasingly imposed a looming threat to security,” he says. North Korea is rapidly advancing nuclear and missile capabilities is another top concern of Japanese citizens who restarted under the leadership of Kim Jong threat of annihilation An emergency drills. Abe was an important resource to build multilateral support unprecedented sanctions against North Korea at the United Nations and Suga ally will not do that to slip. “From the point of view of defense Suga not a dove,” says Smith. Friends of the White House Abe made a big show of fascinating Trump. It ‘was the first foreign leader to be elected President in 2016 in New York flew a few days after his victory to congratulate him. And the two leaders more rounds of golf related through with Abe also a driver Trump gifting gold-plated. The advantages of this servility are unclear. Abe some Trump has avoided the worst bombast, but the president of Mercury taken off yet TTP United States, Japan has proposed with aluminum and steel prices and strong-armed Abe in unilateral trade agreements. Now Trump wants $2000000000 Japan pays to host the quadrupling US troops in the country. “It ‘s really hard to see that Japan has had a lot of mileage out of a good relationship with Trump Abe,” said Kingston, Temple University. Smith has another opinion: “Abe is not enough credit for navigating around these unpredictable United States.” The prospect of an administration can provide Biden Suga a return to a less adversarial bilateral relations. Like the rest of the world, with the United States enthusiasm come November 4th to look at his picture Copyright Eugene Hoshiko AP / Bloomberg / Getty Images
Yoshihide Suga When Shinzo Abe as prime minister success. What’s new for Japan?
