Yoshihide Suga elected Japan's new PM

Yoshihide Suga, the new leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, was elected Japan's prime minister by parliament on Wednesday, with his immediate focus to be reviving the battered economy while keeping the novel coronavirus under control., Report says, citing TASS.

Suga has pledged to push forward with former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's policies, such as "Abenomics," a mix of measures aimed at beating deflation and spurring growth's third-largest economy. He will form a Cabinet later in the day expected to be filled with familiar faces who served in the previous administration.