Japan after Abe

Who is Yoshihide Suga?

Iron-willed spokesman endures harsh winters and situps but has weakness for pancakes

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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga walks in the morning. (2018 file photo by Mamoru Yago)

HIROSHI MARUTANI, Nikkei News Editor
September 1, 2020 08:03 JST

This is a story from the archives, published in the Jan. 27, 2019, edition of The Nikkei.

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