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Could it be game over for Suga?
Polls show his ratings have plunged amid unhappiness over handling of Covid-19
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While the Olympic bubble seems to have held up, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government has rejected dissenting opinions that the Games might have blunted the public's sense of crisis, said experts.
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The Olympic party is over, and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is not feeling any love from his citizens.
Five opinion surveys by media outlets across the political spectrum last week were united in one outcome: Approval for Mr Suga's Cabinet is at its lowest since he took office last September. "Many people might have enjoyed the Olympics, but they are not necessarily thankful towards Suga," Sophia University political scientist Koichi Nakano told The Sunday Times.
