Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) News
PM Suga’s support ratings sink to below 30 percent as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections.
Suga announced on Friday that he would not run in a party leadership contest slated for Sept 29.
Suga took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink to below 30% as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections ahead of a general election this year.
Abe is casting the July 10 election for half the seats in the 242-member chamber as a referendum on his decision to delay a planned hike in an unpopular sales tax.
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