Japan after Abe

How Japan's Suga went from dark horse to favorite in PM race

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the front-runner to become Japan's next prime minister. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

YUKIHIRO SAKAGUCHI and SHUNSUKE SHIGETA, Nikkei staff writers
September 5, 2020 06:08 JST

TOKYO -- The realization haunted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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