Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

Supporters of former Japanese Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba (on the TV screen) watch on Sept. 14, 2020, a live broadcast from Tokyo of the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election at his campaign base in Tottori, a western Japan city from which he hails. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga was elected the ruling party's president later in the day, beating Ishiba and LDP policy chief Fumio Kishida, and will be appointed prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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