I know there're already many profile pieces on Suga out there, but here is my version: Can behind-the-scenes operator Suga -- who critics say is populist, visionless & ineloquent -- excel as #Japan's new leader? @japantimes
japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/09/1… Suga seems to like to tout his humble upbringing, but is his rags-to-riches story really all it's cracked up to be? His childhood was nowhere near as underprivileged as the late charismatic PM Kakuei Tanaka, the "people's prime minister"