(ANSA) - TOKYO, 17 SEPTEMBER - A politician who started from scratch, a pragmatist capable of finding a quick solution to problems, but also a person able to listen to the reasons of others;
methodical to exhaustion and with a penchant for idolci.
This is the image drawn by the Japanese press of the new prime minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga, the 71-year-old former chief of cabinet who will take the place of Shinzo Abe, who had to resign after 8 years at the helm of the executive.
An almost natural selection in the name of continuity with its guarantor, the longest-lived Japanese premier ever, but which risks being an unpopular choice.
It was precisely his closeness to Abe - with the assignment of the role of Minister of Internal Affairs in his first short term, and then confirming him from 2012, in the authoritative role of Cabinet secretary - to forge the figure of the new premier.
For eight years, reports the press, Suga has never changed his habits: wake up at 5 and, after an hour of reading the newspapers, a 40-minute walk, before continuing physical exercise with 100 abs followed by the first breakfast.
Of a reserved nature and generally little known to the great public of voters, Suga will now try to come out in the open: "The most difficult part before accepting the candidacy to lead the government - revealed the new premier during the electoral campaign - was to convince my wife of the seriousness of my intentions ".
(HANDLE).