Yoshihide Suga became Japan’s new prime minister
Suga was formally appointed prime minister by a vote in the Japanese parliament
Yoshihide Suga is a Japanese politician currently serving as Chief Cabinet Secretary.
He previously served as Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications in the cabinet of Shinzō Abe until August 2007.
He was born in Ogachi, Akita Prefecture and obtained an LL.B. from Hosei University in Tokyo.
Japan is an island country of East Asia in the northwest Pacific Ocean.
It borders the Sea of Japan to the west and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.
Capital: Tokyo
Currency: Japanese yen
National language: Japanese