Japanese press with the report on hot favourite, current Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.

  • LDP to elect Suga as leader of the party today, replacing outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Suga is expected to secure a comfortable victory
  • His two rivals are Shigeru Ishiba, a former defense minister, and Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister
  • Suga to then be confirmed in the Diet on Wednesday

Weekend post on little policy change expected under Suga:

Japanese press with the report on hot favourite, current Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga.