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Jim
People still fail to realize that the Olympics was the downfall of Mr.Suga! His mind was so preoccupied with it that he made blunder after blunder from late June to September ( G7 summit isolation, Hiroshima speech mishap, being bullied by Bash, no motivation when giving public speech about Covid-19 measures )! Mr.Bash seemed to openly undermine Mr.Suga and made him look weaker. I remember Bash saying at one point that even if the Japanese people don’t want the Olympics we will still have it and Suga didn’t stand up to him. To some level I feel sad because I was rooting for Mr.Suga to become one of the best PM in Japan since he didn’t come from a political family background ( his parents were farmers if I’m not mistaken ). Just imagine if he had stood up to IOC and said that the safety of Japanese people is paramount and hence Japan can’t hold the Olympics! But in the end he didn’t have to spine to make a stand.
TrevorPeace
The Quad summit should be postponed until Japan has its new prime minister. Suga should stay out of it. That's the right thing to do, but that doesn't seem to happen much in Japanese politics.
gogogo
Aso controlling everything, he has his hands on it all.
Bob Fosse
lol ‘strong man suga’
Larry Lacky
Excellent!!! Just before Halloween!!!
jiji Xx
@Matej
leave me out of it thanx (^_-)
Richard Gallagher
Tweedledee. Tweedledum. Excepting Ms. Noda.
As for Suga. He was supposed to keep the throne warm, not usurp it.
Japan, the politics of the 1950s with upgrades, is hardly sufficient to undertake and successfully forge a sustainable state that will flourish in the 21st century. Abe, Suga, even their inheritors such as Kono or Kishida, let alone the fascist leaning Takaichi, who is a throwback to the 1930s - all are incapable of actually grasping the task ahead and the means to create a viable state that addresses the future and is myriad challenges. Which is not about Empire or the Nikkei. Essentially, the future is about ecology and adverse impacts wedded to the environment, which requires radical change and indeed a change in consciousness. Not necessarily a technocratic fix - but, a mix and retention of the traditional and customary and applicable advances in science & technology - which is NOT the future charted out by Musk, Gates, Zuckerberg, Page, Brin and other technofascists. But, one that tends towards the organic - the only politico close is Noda - and she far from ideal.
dan
More of the same then...
Simon Foston
Robert CikkiToday 12:18 pm JST
It seems to be the done thing either before or after these kinds of meetings for the attendees to all sit in their chairs for the cameras like waxworks with leaden expressions on their faces. They do the same thing in Japanese courts for the TV news.
vanityofvanities
I will miss strong man Suga. They speak nice but they cannot control LDP.
Radovan Stojanović
They will get another dinosaur
Grant
I will be sad to see you go mr.suga
bo
Wake me up when it's all done, then again nah don't bother
ReasonandWisdomNippon
3 men. So upsetting. The Outrage.
People on here need at least 1 woman in the picture otherwise Japan is a terrible bad country.
kurisupisu
Three unwise politicians…
Chico3
So these are our choices? The three stooges?