Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is holding a New Year’s press conference at the Prime Minister’s residence in Tokyo on the 4th. Prime Minister Suga said that the number of infected people in the metropolitan area of Corona 19 is increasing, and that he will review plans to declare an emergency situation in four metropolitan areas including Tokyo. Tokyo = AP Newsis
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s power will not last long, Japanese magazines predicted that it would be different. There is even an analysis that he may express his intention to resign as early as the end of March. It is an evaluation that coping with the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) situation was insufficient.
In its latest issue (January 15), the Suga regime’s approval rating (based on the Asahi Shimbun survey), which is criticized for responding to COVID-19 insolvency, in the latest issue of Japan’s current affairs weekly magazine “Shukan Asahi” was from 65% when it was launched last September to 39 on December It was reported that it had plunged to %, and that there is already a story coming out around the Prime Minister’s office (official residence) about who will take the next prime minister. An official from the official said, “It is an atmosphere that everyone thinks that it will be difficult for Prime Minister Suga to recover public support in the future.”
The biggest bad news is Corona 19. The number of confirmed cases is continuing high enough to exceed 3,000 a day, and the economic outlook is also dark. It is difficult to guarantee whether the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games, which were postponed from last year to this year, can be held.
To make matters worse, Prime Minister Suga’s suspicion of commissioning the former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s entertainment to voters, who was dismissed by the prosecution for insufficient charges, and Yoshikawa Takamori, who was a close friend of the former Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Commissioner, is also holding back Prime Minister Suga. At this year’s regular National Assembly, which begins on the 18th, it is clear that the opposition party offensive surrounding it will be fierce.
In this regard, Japanese political critic Kichiya Kobayashi predicts that there is a possibility that Prime Minister Suga may announce his intention to withdraw as early as the premise of the passage of the 2021 fiscal year budget by the National Assembly at the end of March. He said the Suga cabinet could not escape the sphere of influence of these suspicions, and said that if the approval rating falls below 30%, there will be a red flag for maintaining the regime.
It’s not just March. Even if the’March crisis’ passes, the first national election after taking office, two elections for the House of Representatives on April 25, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Parliamentary elections scheduled for June and July await. It is in the midst of being confused Shukan Asahi predicted that if the Liberal Democratic Party was defeated in these elections, a “suga-out” movement would begin within the party.
The magazine also picked a leading candidate for’Post Suga’, who succeeded Prime Minister Suga. Fumio Kishida is the former chairman of Jeongjo. Kishida, along with Prime Minister Suga and former secretary-president Shigeru Ishiba, was hungry for the election of the Liberal Democratic Party’s governor in September last year, held in a three-quarter battle.
Shukan Asahi is not the only current affairs magazine that predicts the short-lived Prime Minister Suga. Like the Shukan Asahi article, other weekly and monthly newspapers such as Shukan Gendai, like the Shukan Asahi article, published articles introducing the new prime minister candidates, predicting that the life of the Suga cabinet will not be long. .
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