Five Takeaways About Japanese Prime Minister Suga’s New Cabinet
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Yoshihide Suga announced Japan’s new cabinet Wednesday, hours after being formally elected prime minister by parliament. Like the one it replaces, the cabinet is dominated by Liberal Democratic Party stalwarts.
More than half of the new cabinet ministers are older than 60, only two are women and no one from the private sector made the cut. Suga takes over from his former boss, Shinzo Abe, who served a record term of almost eight consecutive years as premier, before stepping down due to poor health.