Overview
- Suga told reporters in Yokohama that he will not stand in the next Lower House election.
- He said he had been considering retirement since turning 70 and would give way to the next generation.
- The Liberal Democratic Party’s Kanagawa prefectural chapter will choose a successor candidate for his Kanagawa No. 2 district, according to Jiji reports.
- Multiple outlets previously reported that health or physical condition influenced his decision.
- First elected in 1996, he served a record seven years and eight months as chief cabinet secretary and later as prime minister from 2020 to 2021.