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George Townes
No Mr. Suga. Your top priority is the Summer Olympics so stop lying.
robert maes
Pathetic man believing his own sad stories
Alfie Noakes
95% Olympics
4% Maintaining feudal elite control of Japan
0.9% Covid
0.1% Steak dinners
Private Internet Access
But...does tackling COVID-19 take priority over the Olympics? That is the real question...
dagon
Like the Olympics, if it would be in favor of Japan Inc. and LDP interests do not believe for a moment a snap election would not be held, damn the pandemic effects on the populace.
Luddite
But not the Olympics.
noriahojanen
In a closer look, none of them was landslide. In Hiroshima, the race went through neck and neck despite the serious setback against the LDP over money scandal. At the Nagano district Democrats kept a strong support plus a "tribute battle" to the precedent Democrat who died suddenly. In Hokkaido, there was no LDP candidate running for office.
The conceit opposition camp shouldn't misinterpret the election outcomes. Many votes were cast as punishment for the LDP, but not meant to give full mandate to the opposition.
In the latest opinion polls, the approval ratings for Suga as well as the ruling LDP have remained intact or its declining trend seems to have hit the bottom despite a series of policy mishaps. Meanwhile, the opposition parties have continued to stay far behind, by even one-digit.
I'm not a LDP sympathizer, and this is just a forward-looking warning for the Democrats.
Mlodinow
I'm not going to argue with you on that. One would think that with half a year left the bureaucrats could start planning for a mail-in election, but that would be too forward thinking I suppose. Best wait until there is no time left and then proclaim that no one could've foreseen the difficulties in holding a regular election!
virusrex
It also takes priority over the Olympic games, but that has not stopped the government to force it onto the population as if it had no effect on the efforts against the pandemic.
happyhere
Japan needs leadership not someone reading tea leaves.
Kumagaijin
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic theme song should be "Nothing Else Matters."
gogogo
And the Olympics?
The Avenger
Vote all the corrupt LDP politicians out of office.
Tokyo-Engr
Priority 1 - Olympics - at the behest of those who are in charge of Suga.
Next priorities - anything else
Antiquesaving
List of LDP priorities
1-) Olympics
2-) settings up golden parachutes for all the LDP elected officials and staff after they lose reelection.
3-) lining the pockets of as many people as possible before being defeated in the election.
4-) tackling Covid
5-) having the election.
I think I covered most points, can anyone think of some I may have missed?
Antiquesaving
Hey and the LDP campaign song should be "Crazy Train".
purple_depressed_bacon
But The Olympics still get top priority right? Ridiculous...
smithinjapan
Didn't take priority over the election which just lost them three seats, did it. Leave it to Suga and the J-government to decide, too late, what and when to prioritize something... and then still not even attempt to even thinly veil the fact that they won't anyway.
ZENJI
In this one sentence, you have shown us you are unfit to be Prime Minister.
Rivera
The head line for this is
Suga San says tackling the Olympics is Priority over the COVID-19
GdTokyo
Given how low his emphasis on fighting COVID is, It’s not very much.