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Will Suga still be Japan's PM at end of the year?
He faces battle to win back public trust after reactive Covid-19 response, political scandals
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaking at a press conference earlier this month, where he announced that additional prefectures would go under a state of emergency amid a surge in Covid-19 cases. His leadership will be put to the test when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes for its president for a three-year term in September - a vote he may lose if there is no quick turnaround in public support.
PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Is the writing already on the wall for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga after only four months in office?
Analysts seem to think so. In what is a crucial election year for Japan, the 72-year-old's Cabinet approval ratings have taken a drastically steep plunge of as many as 30 percentage points.
