Suga elected LDP president, expected to replace Abe as Japan PM

Yoshihide Suga captured the Liberal Democratic Party presidency in Japan Monday, almost assuring that he will officially replace Shinzo Abe as prime minister in a vote later this week.


Suga, 71, beat out two other major rivals for the leadership post, former defense minister Shigeru Ishiba and former foreign minister Fumio Kishida...
 (UPI)