William Pesek is an award-winning Tokyo-based journalist and author of "Japanization: What the World Can Learn from Japan's Lost Decades."
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Yoshihide Suga, pictured in Tokyo on Sept. 3 following his announcement that he will not run for the LDP leadership: Suga's decision was an admission that it is time for new blood. © Reuters
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