'포스트 아베' 선출 약식선거로 결정...스가 관방장관 '유력'<br /><br />With the abrupt resignation of Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the country's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is looking most likely to step into Abe's shoes.<br />Japan's Liberal Democratic Party has decided to hold an abridged election, with ballots cast only by lawmakers and three representatives from each of the 47 prefectural chapters.<br />It means not all party members get to vote.<br />The new format gives the advantage to Suga,...a candidate who is close to Abe and has wide-ranging support among LDP lawmakers.<br />According to Japanese media, the decision came as Tokyo does not want Abe's midterm resignation due to ill health to create a political vacuum during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
