Japanese prime minister to resign After being criticized for failing to cope with COVID
Date 03 Sep 2021 time 12:30
Japan’s prime minister reluctantly backs down, his approval rating Although only one year in office
Kyodo News reported that Prime Minister Yoshihide Japan’s Suga will not run for the head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Sept. 29, to make way for someone else to take over. After sitting in the prime minister’s chair It’s only been one year.
Suga said he would now spend the remainder of his time focused on dealing with the spread of the coronavirus, adding that another official press conference will be held next week explaining the move. their decision this time.
Suga has previously been heavily criticized for failing to cope with the COVID-19 epidemic in the country as well as Japan’s economic downturn. As a result, his popularity rating dropped to below 30%.
The news sent the Nikkei index up 524.99 points, or 1.84 percent, from yesterday (Sept. 2), with investors’ expectations that the new government would have economic measures that could cope with the economic crisis. impact of covid-19
Japan has found a new case of COVID-19. has increased steadily since the beginning of July. In the past, this resulted in the number of new infections reaching more than 20,000 per day. The total number of infections nationwide is about 1.51 million and the death toll is about 16,151.
Japan has also reported a new strain of COVID-19 “mu”, which the World Health Organization has classified as a variant of interest and fears it has immune evasion properties. or resistant to vaccines Including the found infected with COVID-19 strain N501S or the new mutated delta strain.
The next general election in Japan will be held on October 17.
Photo by Kazuhiro NOGI and KAZUHIRO NOGI / POOL / AFP
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