Support for Japan’s Suga Falls to New Low as Virus Spreads
- Approval rate at 32.2% in survey, disapproval rises to 44.6%
- About 74% unhappy with Japan’s slow rollout of Covid vaccines
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga fell to 32.2%, the lowest since he took office in September, in a poll published by Jiji Press late Friday.
The proportion of respondents saying they didn’t support him rose to 44.6%, the highest level so far, amid growing dissatisfaction over his handling of the pandemic and the vaccine rollout.