Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has inherited a host of problems, including the turmoil caused by the new coronavirus, the dramatic deterioration of the economy and the intensifying conflict between the United States and China.

Indeed, we might call the Suga Cabinet a crisis Cabinet.

Suga served as chief Cabinet secretary for seven years and eight months in the Shinzo Abe administration. He is therefore the most legitimate successor to Abe’s policies. Suga himself has stated that he will continue Abe’s stimulative economic policies — known as Abenomics.