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Japan likely to get new PM as Suga bows out of party vote

by Mari Yamaguchi
| September 2, 2021 9:15 PM

TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga won’t run for the leadership of the governing party, indicating he will step down as Japanese leader at the end of this month, a party official said Friday.

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