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Japan, Minister Suga was elected as expected in the election for governor of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
At the extraordinary National Assembly held tomorrow (16th), he will become the new prime minister of Japan, but it has already been said that it is fortunate that the relations between Korea and Japan do not worsen.
Tokyo correspondent Yoo Seong-jae reports.
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Yesterday (14th) in the Liberal Democratic Party's election, Minister Suga received overwhelming support of 70%, receiving 288 votes from parliamentary votes and 89 votes from regional votes out of a total of 535 votes.
The new governor of Suga today is the chief executive officer and other key personnel in the party.
At the extraordinary parliament to be held tomorrow, he will become Japan's new prime minister, and he will also announce a small number of cabinet members, including his successor, the new secretary.
Governor Suga is in a position that he will focus on issues such as corona response and economic regeneration while maintaining the policy stance of the Abe administration for the year he inherited from Prime Minister Abe.
[Suga / Liberal Democratic Party President: Even now, it is a situation where corona infections occur every day, so I would like to thoroughly rectify it.] The
history hall itself is not very different from Abe, and the relationship between Korea and Japan is highly likely to be passive in that it is difficult to achieve results easily.
In particular, depending on how the Japanese war criminals' asset monetization problem in Korea proceeds, there is a prospect that it is fortunate that the relationship between Korea and Japan does not worsen.
[Ha Jong-moon/Hanshin University Professor of Japanese Studies: If cashing proceeds in detail, (Japan) will eventually go to strengthen the pressure on the Korean side, but there is no possibility to release it…
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Therefore, experts suggest that Korea needs to actively seek high-level dialogue, such as the summit, with the Korea-China-Japan summit.