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Suga wins party vote, all but assuring election as Japan PM

by Associated Press
| September 14, 2020 3:03 AM

TOKYO (AP) — Yoshihide Suga was elected as the new head of Japan’s ruling party on Monday, all but assuring that he will become the country's new prime minister when a parliamentary election is held later in the week.

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