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© Thomson Reuters 2021.Suga faces mounting pressure over pandemic response
By Daniel Leussink and Mari Saito TOKYO©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Yubaru
Well, now we will see how long he lasts!
GrungeHamster
It’s time to step down buddy. Let the adults take it from here. Edano would be a better candidate.
BurakuminDes
LOL, yeah, Suga is the King of the Kids! He just seems to connect with the youth!
Back to the real world...I give him 3 months.
Stick a fork in him, he's done. Next!
OssanAmerica
The Suga administration is a joke. The Abe administration, with all it's faults, was better. Sorry but no confidence.
Pukey2
I hope Botchan won't be back.
Fanny Greene
I think I saw that raft, heading towards a waterfall.
Luddite
Gross incompetence. This is what happens when you pretend there isn’t a crisis.
spektral
Mr. Suga, if you want your popularity to rise again then do some cash handouts and revive the GOTOeat program :D
TARA TAN KITAOKA
Please save lives.
kurisupisu
Didn't a panel of ‘experts’ NOT foresee the dangers of sending millions of Japanese here and there?
Cases skyrocketed .
Commonsense is severely lacking in Japan....
Fanny Greene
Dropping the ball from Day 1
James
Totally agree both Suga and Abe should be held accountable. No excuse.
Aly Rustom
Was too slow to respond?? They haven't responded at all! What exactly have they done? Declared a state of emergency where absolutely NOTHING has changed at all??
DAMN STRAIGHT!
Until Nippon Kaigi decides otherwise
That's ALWAYS been the LDP in a nutshell.
Robert Cikki
He will not last long. Japanese people view him as weak. Because he is not controversial, doesn't stir emotions, has more rational approach. It was always like that. "Noisy" and controversial PMs were always popular here and despite mostly failing their promises bad, people view them still as good.
rainyday
We've been hearing this for almost a decade, dating back to when Abe took over as an explanation for why he was able to coast through despite a lackluster record. Surely in a country of 126 million people there is SOMEBODY strong enough to replace an out of touch old man with zero communication skills.
What this really means is that the LDP as an organization is incapable of producing competent leaders, because those in control are able to block their advance through the ranks. And thanks to its capture of the machinery of government it can also prevent other parties that might produce actual leaders from ever gaining power.
So Japan is eternally stuck with this constant refrain of "We are stuck with an incompetent leader because our system cannot produce any competent leaders to replace them."
Aly Rustom
You catch on fast grasshopper
blahblah222
What pressure? National opinion polls do not matter.
The LDP maintains a strong favorable rating among the young, and the support rate is more than 6x the closest opposition. Japanese voters never betray their local political families, so LDP will be winning a landslide no matter what happens. Suga may lose his PM, but LDP is 100% winning this year's election in another landslide.
kurisupisu
Suga’s downfall started with a plate of steak but it will finish with humble pie...
shogun36
It tends to happen.
When you, you know, suck at your job.
kurisupisu
And the pressure continues to mount...