TOKYO -- Yoshihide Suga, who belongs to neither a faction of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party nor a family of politicians, has become the country's 99th prime minister.
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Yoshihide Suga pauses at his first news conference as Japan's prime minister on Sept. 16 in Tokyo. (Photo by Karina Nooka)
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