A little more than a year after he stepped out of the shadows of Japanese politics and into the Prime Minister’s office, Yoshihide Suga has announced his intention to step down. For months now, speculation had been rife in the halls of power in Tokyo about the future of Japan’s embattled Prime Minister as Suga stumbled from one political crisis to the other. High profile corruption scandals and the government’s perceived mishandling of the coronavirus crisis proved damaging for the 72-year-old Suga. His sudden resignation, just weeks after announcing his intention to seek the leadership of Japan’s ruling LDP again, has left a wide-open race.
Japan. Suga Steps Down: What Next For Japan? (Shashank Mattoo, ORF)
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