Japan's incoming prime minister, Mr Yoshihide Suga, is likely to stay the course that his predecessor, Mr Shinzo Abe, took for the country, which is saddled with a host of formidable problems.
He has promised to keep what has seemingly worked, mainly the Abenomics mix of fiscal stimulus, monetary easing and structural reforms which registered nascent success, although gains have been wiped out by a recession caused by Covid-19.
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