TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga, the newly elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, will tap his extensive web of advisers as he takes over as prime minister from longtime leader Shinzo Abe.
Suga is all but assured to be chosen as the next prime minister at an extraordinary session of parliament convening Wednesday. His extensive network of contacts is drawing attention as a guide to the new administration's domestic and diplomatic policies as well as to his economic management.
