After winning the race to become Japan's prime minister on a message of carrying the torch of predecessor Shinzo Abe, new leader Yoshihide Suga will now perhaps be most challenged in foreign policy and national security.
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Yoshihide Suga, then serving as Japan's cabinet secretary, meets with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence in Washington in May 2019. © Japanese Embassy (U.S.)
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