Yoshihide Suga to step down as Japan's prime minister, announced today. Let's look back on the pictures of Suga being a prime minister in Japan for less then one year.

    7 more prefectures placed under COVID-19 emergency

    Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga asks citizens in an address from his office in Tokyo on Aug. 17, 2021, to continue to take preventive measures against the coronavirus. The government decided the same day to extend a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and five other prefectures through Sept. 12 and add seven more prefectures to the emergency list.

      Harris greets PM Suga Yoshihide of Japan

      United States Vice President Kamela Harris greets Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan before holding a meeting at The White House in Washington, DC, April 16, 2021. Credit: Chris Kleponis / Pool via CNP

        Japanese, British PMs before G-7 summit

        Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson bump elbows after holding talks in Cornwall, England, on June 11, 2021, ahead of a summit of the Group of Seven major economies. (Pool photo)

          Announcement of the new era by the Chief Cabinet Secretary

          Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga announces the new era name. The new era name is "Reiwa." (April 1, 2019, Press Conference Room, Prime Minister's Office; credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun/Communications Image)

            Japanese, French leaders meet in Britain

            Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) greets French President Emmanuel Macron before holding talks in Cornwall, England, on June 12, 2021, on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit.

              Japanese, Canadian PMs meet in Britain

              Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (L) and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau bump elbows ahead of their talks in Cornwall, England, on June 13, 2021, on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit. (Pool photo)

                Japanese, German leaders meet in Britain

                Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel put their face masks in pockets before holding talks in Cornwall, England, on June 12, 2021, on the sidelines of a Group of Seven summit amid the coronavirus pandemic.

                  Suga-Biden meeting in Washington

                  Combined photo shows Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (R) and U.S. President Joe Biden holding talks in Washington on April 16, 2021. The summit was Biden's first in-person meeting with a foreign leader since he took office in January.

                    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris Meets With Prime Minister of Japan H.E. Suga Yoshihide

                    U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks with H.E. Suga Yoshihide, Prime Minister of Japan, on the balcony of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 16, 2021. Credit: Stefani Reynolds / Pool via CNP

                      Suga gets COVID-19 vaccine to prepare for U.S. visit

                      Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) receives his first coronavirus vaccine shot in Tokyo on March 16, 2021, as he plans to travel to hold face-to-face talks with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington in early April. (Pool photo)

                        Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

                        Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga poses for a photo before a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2020, after being elected as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's new president. He is set to be appointed as prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

                          Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

                          Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks to Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers after being elected as the ruling party's president on Sept. 14, 2020, in Tokyo. He is set to be appointed as prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

                            Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

                            Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (C) responds to applause after being elected as the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's president on Sept. 14, 2020, in Tokyo. He is set to be appointed as prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

                              Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Suga

                              TOKYO, Japan - Yoshihide Suga, newly appointed minister of internal affairs and communications, speaks at a press conference at the prime minister's office on Sept. 26. (Kyodo)