Japan PM Suga’s approval sinks further on Covid-19 pandemic response, East Asia News & Top Stories


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- by admin TOKYO (REUTERS) – Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s approval rating has slid further due to the public’s dissatisfaction with his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic with about half of people in Japan now disapproving of his government, a Yomiuri newspaper poll showed on Monday (Jan 18). Support for Suga’s Cabinet fell to 39 per cent from 45 per cent last month, with the disapproval rating rising 6 points to 49 per cent, the poll showed. Critics say Suga acted too slowly after coronavirus cases began surging late last year with his decisions to pause a domestic tourism campaign...