Linghe's uncle - Suga Yoshihide
He was the 99th Prime Minister of Japan;
He is a rare civilian prime minister in Japan;
Born into a peasant family, he had no background and no connections, and he had created his own world in Japanese politics where hereditary magnates were in charge.
He started as the secretary of the parliamentarians and gradually ascended to the peak of power.
He is Japan's longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary;
He is self-disciplined and diligent;
He has a tough personality;
He is thoughtful;
He acts low-key;
He is careful with his words;
He doesn't show his sharp edge;
He is wooden and pragmatic;
He is affectionately known as "Uncle Reiwa" by the Japanese.
He is the former prime minister of Japan, Yoshihide Suga.
1. Peasant boy
Suga was born on December 6, 1948, to a peasant family in Akita Prefecture, Japan.
His father was a farmer.
His mother was a village high school teacher.
Akita Prefecture
As the eldest son in the family, Suga's father named him "Yiwei", that is, "only with benevolence and righteousness can we achieve great things".
When Suga was very young, he helped his father and farmed in the fields.
The hardships of the peasants made him deeply understand, and also shaped his character of being extremely able to bear hardships.
Field work
Coming from an ordinary background, Suga Yoshihide's life was destined to counterattack the road, which was more difficult than others.
Second, knowledge changes destiny
After graduating from high school, Suga's father hoped that he would apply for the agricultural university in his hometown so that he could inherit his father's business in the future.
Suga resolutely refused.
He didn't want to spend his life in the fields.
Suga in his youth
In 1966, Suga, who dropped out of high school, went to Tokyo, Japan, to work with several classmates.
Entering a big city for the first time makes Suga full of hope for the future, and he hopes to change his destiny through his own efforts.
The reality, however, is so harsh.
He worked as a factory porter, restaurant waiter, doorman, etc., and although the work was hard and tiring, his income was meager.
Porter
Suga is deeply aware that only knowledge can change destiny.
So he decided to take the university entrance examination on his own.
He worked day and night, saving money and saving money to save tuition, and at the same time squeezing out time to prepare for the exam, and finally in 1968, Suga was successfully admitted to the Faculty of Law of Hosei University in Japan.
Hosei University, located in Tokyo, Japan, is a private university with relatively low tuition fees, but also courses that are basically scheduled for evenings and holidays.
Japan Hosei University
Suga Yoshihide began his magical life of working hard during the day and attending classes at night.
In March 1973, Suga graduated from Hosei University in Japan.
Third, the road to politics
After graduating from university, Suga returned to his hometown of Akita Prefecture to work for a Japanese electrical company.
Stable work, a lot of income, so that Suga is not satisfied, he was even confused for a while, he knew that this is not the job he wants, nor is it the life he wants.
He began to think about what kind of life he really wanted.
In the end, he chose to go into politics because he firmly believed that politics was changing the world.
However, at that time, he had no foundation and no connections, and it was difficult for him to enter the Japanese political arena ruled by hereditary door valves.
Fourth, life is noble
In 1975, Suga asked his alma mater's career center to help him introduce his alumni in politics.
Under the mediation of the job center, Suga embarked on the road to politics through the introduction of alumni, serving as the secretary of Parliamentary Member Kiyosaburō Kojimada.
Okonogi Hikosaburo
Although Suga has the shallowest qualifications and the thinnest foundation among the many secretaries of KozakiHiko Saburo, his diligence and self-discipline have attracted the attention of KozakiHiko Saburo.
Suga is extremely diligent and self-disciplined, getting up at 5 o'clock every day, reading all the newspapers of the day, understanding the dynamics of the people, the mobile phone never leaves the body, has been living in the secretary's dormitory, and rarely goes home.
Japan is a country where drinking and socializing are extremely important, and as long as he goes out with Komoto Kiyosaburō, Suga has never been a drop of alcohol, only eating food that can be solved in 5 minutes, such as soba or udon noodles, and after eating quickly, he will retreat to the side and die at any time.
Suga, who has devoted his mind to his work, has gained the trust and value of Konzagi Yanzaburo.
Suga used to be discouraged and disappointed that he came from a peasant family and had no background, but Kojiki Yanzaburo could always give him care and encouragement, which made Suga more determined to enter politics.
Kirosaburō Ogi was suga's political guide, familiarizing him with the rules of Japanese politics.
Suga regards Kojiki as his mentor, and Kojimagi sees Suga as his best student.
5. Members of Parliament
In the following eleven years, Suga Yoshihide served as a secretary to KonzagiHiko Saburo, and as Kozaki Kihikozaburo rose step by step, Suga also rose and rose, and was repeatedly promoted.
In 1983, Suga became secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry.
Soon after, Kojikihizaburo assisted Suga in moving his hukou from Akita Prefecture to Yokohama, and in 1987, helped the 38-year-old Suga elect him to the Yokohama City Council.
Yokohama City
Suga is well aware of the hardships of the people at the bottom, so he is very close to the people, and the voters who voted for him are mostly workers and peasants from the lower middle class.
In order to get the vote, Suga began to visit house to house, visiting 30,000 households, walking six pairs of leather shoes, and his throat was dumb.
Later, Suga, as an important figure in the Kozakihiko Saburo faction, assisted the local government in solving many thorny problems that the people were concerned about, and became a well-known member of Japan's parliament.
6. Enter the Cabinet
In 1991, Kirikozaburō died of illness.
In 1996, after serving two terms as a member of parliament, Suga decided to run for the House of Representatives and was successfully elected, and since then, Suga has become the center of Japanese politics.
The main reason why Suga was able to be elected to the Diet was that his mentor, KojikiHiko saburo, gave his political legacy and political constituency to Suga before his death.
Suga serves as a member of the House of Representatives
In 2002, Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi nominated Yoshihide Suga as Deputy Minister of General Affairs (Deputy Director of the Cabinet Office).
During his tenure, Suga not only completed his tasks well, but also led the entire department to stand out among many departments with superb skills, and gained fame and fortune.
Suga Yoshihide crossed the line and began to show his sharp edge.
7. Shinzo Abe
Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) official Shinzo Ann Ishimoto is the second-largest figure in Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the successor of Junichiro Koizumi.
Belonging to the Liberal Democratic Party and a cabinet minister, Suga and Shinzo Abe became acquainted and became Abe's staunchest supporters.
Shinzo Abe
In 2006, Japanese Prime Minister Koizumi Resigned.
Suga led the establishment of a political group that "broke through the views of the faction and supported Abe Shinzo" and fully supported Abe's ascension to power.
On September 26, 2006, Shinzo Abe was elected Prime Minister of Japan.
Shinzo Abe nominated Yoshihide Suga as Cabinet Minister of General Affairs (Cabinet Chief of Staff).
Mr. Shinzo Abe, Homeroom Prime Minister
As a succession of political scandals broke out among cabinet members appointed by Shinzo Abe, the Abe cabinet has been mired in political scandals, and public approval has fallen.
After struggling for a year, Mr. Abe announced his resignation and stepped down as prime minister.
Suga also resigned as Chancellor of Internal Affairs and Firmly followed Shinzo Abe.
In 2012, at the urging and encouragement of Suga, Mr. Abe made a comeback and re-ascended to the presidency of the Liberal Democratic Party, once again becoming Prime Minister of Japan.
Mr. Abe nominated Yoshihide Suga, 63, to be chief cabinet secretary.
Suga served as Chief Cabinet Secretary
The Chief Cabinet Secretary, equivalent to the Secretary-General of the Cabinet, communicates and coordinates the various departments of the Cabinet, and is second only to the Prime Minister of Japan, the second largest person in the Japanese Cabinet, and a key pillar for maintaining the smooth operation of the Cabinet.
A person who is not a prime minister who is very close to trust and cannot serve as a prime minister.
Chief Cabinet Secretary – Yoshihide Suga
This time, Shinzo Abe served as prime minister for eight years, becoming the longest-reigning prime minister in Japanese history.
Suga also served more than 2,800 days, becoming the longest-serving chief cabinet secretary in Japanese history.
Since becoming Chief Cabinet Secretary, Suga has had little time off, working overtime every day, holding more than 400 press conferences a year and working all night.
In 2020, Abe resigned as prime minister and president of the Liberal Democratic Party due to illness.
Although Suga never showed any desire to covet the prime minister's throne before the presidential election, it is clear that people underestimated his ambitions.
He said, "I've always wanted to be Hideyoshi Toyotomi, but now I'm trying to become Toyotomi Hideyoshi. ”
Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the tyrant who unified Japan;
Toyotomi Hidenaga was the younger brother of Toyotomi Hideyoshi and the most important assistant of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and was known as toyotomi Hideyoshi's right and left hand.
Suga means: I have always wanted to be the assistant to the prime minister, but now I am trying to become the prime minister of Japan.
8. Elected Prime Minister
On September 14, 2020, Suga defeated Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida and was elected president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.
On the afternoon of September 16, 71-year-old Yoshihide Suga officially became the 99th prime minister of Japan.
Prime Minister of Japan – Yoshihide Suga
On September 21, Suga arrived at the tomb of Kirosaburō Konzagi in Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Japan, to visit the tomb of his mentor.
Suga said emotionally, "45 years ago, I came to Yokohama, where I had no relatives or other doorways. After that, I plunged into the political world, and all of this began in the office of Mr. Kihiko Saburo. I swear to my mentor that as a 'diligent cabinet', I will work hard to meet the expectations of the people. ”
IX. Xiao Gui Cao Sui
As a loyal supporter and successor of Shinzo Abe, Suga continued a series of policies.
Shinzo Abe and Yoshihide Suga
Mr. Abe's ability to become Japan's longest-serving prime minister shows that his policies have worked and are supported by most Japanese.
Although Abenomics proposed by Shinzo Abe did not receive the expected effect of the Japanese economy's continuous surge year after year, it successfully recovered the downward trend of the Japanese economy in the past three decades, and the Japanese economy began to recover slowly.
Abe's flexible and fickle foreign policy can not only cling to the thighs of the United States, but also serve Russia, and can also make good friends with China, jumping left and right, and the United States, Russia, and China must not be guilty of committing, and in the midst of sharp contradictions, they have carried out maneuvering and balancing, creating a relatively peaceful external environment for Japan, which is undoubtedly the foreign policy that is most in line with Japan's fundamental interests.
Suga inherited and continued a series of policies of Shinzo Abe, and undoubtedly better shaped his image as a loyal supporter of Abe, and was more supported by the Abe faction and the Japanese people.
It was an excellent choice.
10. Overseas visits to Southeast Asia
Suga has just been elected prime minister, and the first country he will visit has become a hot spot for the world.
The first country to visit was the United States, which showed the world that Suga was pro-American;
The first country to be visited, China, showed the world that Suga was pro-China;
The first country to be visited, Russia, showed the world that Suga was pro-Russian;
As a result, Suga was very cunning, and when choosing the first country to visit, he chose neither the United States nor China, let alone Russia, but Southeast Asia.
Suga visited Vietnam
This act shows that Suga is neither pro-American nor pro-China, nor pro-Russian, and at the same time shows that Suga is neither willing to offend the United States, nor china, nor Russia, and that the three parties are not biased or guilty, and that the purpose is exactly the same as that of Shinzo Abe, balancing and maneuvering between the United States, China, and Russia to maximize Japan's interests.
The visit to Southeast Asia also shows that Japan has many supporters in Southeast Asia and has great influence in Southeast Asia, and whether the United States, China, or Russia want to operate Southeast Asia, they are inseparable from Japan's support.
This is a very clever political move, and it also proves that Suga is a very shrewd politician.
11. Fate is uncertain
When Suga took over as prime minister, he took over a mess.
The Japanese economy has stagnated for three decades, with serious aging, rigid enterprises, many drawbacks, and a general lack of enterprising spirit among young people.
The COVID-19 pandemic has ravaged the world and devastated Japan's economy.
The continuous malicious suppression of China and Russia by the United States has also made Suga Yoshihisa have little room for maneuvering between the United States, Russia and China.
Japan is not a country with complete sovereignty, there are still a large number of US troops stationed on Japan's territory, and Japan's policies are also greatly influenced by the United States.
The continuous pressure of the United States has made Japan only willing to be the pawn of the United States and become a pawn of the United States, and China and Russia are gradually drifting away.
The one-sided foreign policy, on the other hand, actually conforms to Japan's most fundamental interests, and offending the two major neighbors of China and Russia can neither guarantee the maximization of Japan's interests, nor is it conducive to Japan's economic and social development, let alone Japan's interests in maintaining a relatively peaceful and secure development environment.
Suga Yoshihide
During his tenure, Suga mainly did three things: one was to treat Fukushima nuclear wastewater; the other was to prevent the epidemic and resist the spread of the new crown virus; and the third was to host the Tokyo Olympic Games.
The three things are very tricky and complicated, and obviously these three things, Suga Yoshihide did not do a good job.
Japan's forcible injection of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean has aroused global invective and strong protest and condemnation from its neighboring countries.
To this day, the new crown virus is still raging in Japan, and the vaccination rate in Japan is less than 10%.
The purpose of hosting the Tokyo Olympics is mainly twofold: to invigorate the Japanese people's spirit and to enhance the Japanese economy.
As a result, the Tokyo Olympics were forcibly held in Japan when the new crown virus was raging, and there were no spectators on the scene, ticket revenue could not be obtained, and the cost of the event was huge.
The hosting of the Tokyo Olympics not only did not enhance the Japanese economy, but made Japan spend 20 billion yen, which became a bottomless financial pit. At the time of the new crown virus, the Japanese national spirit was not only not uplifted, but more depressed and more gloomy.
Improper treatment of Fukushima's nuclear wastewater, failure to prevent the epidemic, and the scolding of hosting the Tokyo Olympic Games directly led to a sharp drop in Suga's support, which eventually led to Suga's resignation after only one year as Prime Minister of Japan.
Suga is Japan's elite, and his life is extremely inspiring, but in the case of the gradual deterioration of the international situation, Japan, sandwiched between the three major powers of the United States, China, and Russia, does not have the ability to save its own socio-economic crisis, nor can it dominate its own destiny and safeguard the fundamental interests of the country.
This is Suga's personal sorrow, and it is also the sadness of the Japanese nation.