Suga elected new head of Japan's LDP

Photo taken on Sept. 14, 2020, shows a Japanese-style bar in Yuzawa in Akita Prefecture, northeastern Japan, launching a 99-yen sale campaign for most menu items to celebrate Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga's election as Liberal Democratic Party president to succeed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga, who hails from Akita, is set to be appointed the 99th Japanese prime minister by parliament on Sept. 16.

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