Japan's Suga plans to keep Aso as deputy PM and finance minister - Nikkei

Reuters

14 September, 2020, 08:00 pm

Last modified: 14 September, 2020, 07:59 pm

Japan's Suga plans to keep Aso as deputy PM and finance minister - Nikkei

Suga has promised to continue key policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Reuters

14 September, 2020, 08:00 pm

Last modified: 14 September, 2020, 07:59 pm

FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, drinks water during a news conference to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

FILE PHOTO: Yoshihide Suga, Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary and ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmaker, drinks water during a news conference to announce his candidacy for the party's leadership election, in Tokyo, Japan, September 2, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo

Yoshihide Suga, Japan's next Prime Minister, plans to re-appoint Taro Aso as his deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, the same positions Aso currently holds, Nikkei business daily reported on Monday.

Suga has promised to continue key policies of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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