Aiming to be the next PM, Yoshihide Suga wanted to reform the Health Minister after the pandemics. (Image via Mainichi)

Suga to reform Health Ministry after COVID-19 pandemics

During an interview with Yomiuri Newspaper on Monday, the Chief Cabinet Secretary and a candidate for the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Yoshihide Suga, stated that a total reformation of health ministry was required. Aiming to be the next Prime Minister (PM) of Japan, Suga is aspired to reform Japan's Health Ministry as one of his first objectives after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has settled down.

On the same occasion, Suga reminded that the tackling COVID-19 was no one-man show. As the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare are allocated with the highest budget in Japan, it should also be responsible for the measures taken against COVID-19, not only the Health Ministry.

Moreover, Suga also aims to streamline the Japanese Government's digital strategies. Judging the fact that more and more sectors have done the work from home (WFH) strategy, Suga saw the possibility for the government to go digital, an idea echoed came from Heizo Takenaka, former Japan's Economy Minister. For Takenaka, digitalization goes hand in hand with environmental sustainability which will result in regional revitalization.

Known to be the best candidate to replace the current PM, Shinzo Abe, who resigned due to his health condition, Suga intended to carry on the "Abenomics" policies in his own ways. The election for LDP's leader is set on 14 September, and the leader is expected to sit on the PM's seat due to LDP being the majority in the Parliament.

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