Mike Lyons comments

The leaders of the G7 -- Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States, plus the European Union -- are scheduled to hold a virtual meeting on Thursday to discuss the Ukraine crisis.

All right! They've scheduled a meeting!

Judging by the photo, it's not very celebratory. Maybe after the photographers left, they broke out the champagne and disco ball.

"Japan is famous for running on consensus." - Really? That's an interesting claim.

People are likely to die because of this decision.

Meanwhile, and slightly besides the point, hosting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in July was always a stupid idea, because it's too damn hot. Well before the pandemic, people were already discussing possible casualties due to heat stroke.

Nothing wrong with discussing Taiwan-China relations, I suppose. But if tax money is funding this trip, Suga should do what the population wants, and acquire vaccines.