
JAPAN: Suga, under fire as Diet reopens, seeks new powers to combat pandemic
- The ordinary session of the Diet opened on Monday, 18 January, as the Suga administration tries to contain the still-widening third wave of Covid-19.
- His approval ratings plummeting, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is trying to reverse the impression that his response to the pandemic has been overly reactive by seeking more robust public health controls and tapping a popular minister to oversee vaccine distribution.