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Yoshihide Suga named Japan's prime minister, succeeding Abe

by Associated Press
| September 15, 2020 10:27 PM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan's Parliament elected Yoshihide Suga as prime minister Wednesday, replacing long-serving leader Shinzo Abe with his right-hand man.

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