NE NEWS SERVICE
TOKYO, OCT 4
Japan’s parliament elected former foreign minister Fumio Kishida as the new prime minister Monday.
Today, #Japan is set to have a new Prime Minister in #FumioKishida. A look at the challenges that await him: pic.twitter.com/tX5HG3TUGO
— Shreya Upadhyaya (@ShreyaOpines) October 4, 2021
Kishida replaces his predecessor, Yoshihide Suga, who resigned with his Cabinet earlier in the day. Kishida and his Cabinet will be sworn in later in the day, reports Mari Yamaguchi of AP..
Kishida, who replaced Suga as head of the Liberal Democratic Party leader last week, is tasked with quickly tackling the pandemic and other domestic and global challenges and leading an imminent national election within weeks.
