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Japan’s new Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida has pledged to lead the country out of the COVID-19 crisis.
Kishida took the top job in the world’s third-largest economy on Monday, replacing Yoshihide Suga, who had seen his support undermined by surging COVID-19 infections.
The former Foreign Minister, who has a reputation as a low-key consensus builder, said the government would quickly put together a stimulus package to support those hit hard by the pandemic and take legislative steps to secure medical resources.
A big early test for him will be leading his governing Liberal Democratic Party, LDP, into a general election on October 31.
