Fumio Kishida won the LDP run-off election over Taro Kono to replace Suga as PM, despite Kono being far more popular among rank-and-file party members, because the popular vote means nothing in Japan, and House members are the only people that matter.
In the run-up to the election, Kishida has pledged to spend "tens of trillions of yen" on COVID recovery stimulus, and would aim to bring socio-economic activities back to near normalcy by early 2022.