Fumio Kishida was elected as Japan’s new prime minister after former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga lost public support and political backing over his handling of the coronavirus and the Olympics. While Kishida’s early moves reflect a continuation of his predecessors’ economic and diplomatic principles, Mireya Solís says the general election at the end of October may give him stronger backing to put his own mark on policies from relations with China to income inequality.
Will new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida bring change to Japan? (brookings.edu)