A string of controversial missteps has slashed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's support to levels that could threaten to end his term early, even as he prepares to lift a state of emergency after the rate of coronavirus infections declined.
TOKYO - A string of controversial missteps has slashed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s support to levels that could threaten to end his term early, even as he prepares to lift a state of emergency after the rate of coronavirus infections declined.
His response to the pandemic, which critics call clumsy and tone deaf, had already eaten into Abe’s support. “Perhaps Abe will be able to stop the decline if the coronavirus situation doesn’t worsen and as the Kurokawa scandal fades,” said Columbia University emeritus professor Gerry Curtis. “But I can’t see him regaining much ground. He is a lame duck at best and if the numbers go down any further a dead one.”
Nearly 70% of voters in the Asahi poll said Abe had “big responsibility” for trying to retain Kurokawa. Fifty-seven percent disapproved of how he handled the coronavirus outbreak.
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