Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga faced renewed pressure on Monday over his handling of the novel coronavirus pandemic, with a new opinion poll showing many believed the government was too slow to respond to the latest wave of infections.
Opposition lawmakers also showed increasing frustration with Suga¡¯s taciturn leadership style, demanding he provide detailed answers to questions about the COVID-19 crisis and the Tokyo Olympics, set to start in less than six months.
Suga is struggling to halt a steady decline in support for his four-month-old government, even after launching a raft of measures to contain a third wave of COVID-19 infections and with the Olympics due to begin on July 23.
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