As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, criti...
TOKYO - As Japan struggles to stem the spread of a coronavirus within its borders, critics are asking, “Where’s Abe?”
Now doubts about Abe’s leadership threaten to erode already sagging public support, with a newspaper survey at the weekend showing disapproval for his administration outweighing approval for the first time since July 2018. “In other words, if he appears more often, only a bad image will remain, so, to avoid that, he is appearing in public as little as possible.”Japan has drawn heavy criticism for its handling of a virus outbreak on the U.K.-registered cruise ship Diamond Princess that caused 691 infections, killing four passengers, since the vessel docked near Tokyo on Feb. 3.
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked Congress for $2.5 billion to fight the virus, although House Speaker Nancy Pelosi decried those funds as being insufficient. Social media critics questioned why Abe did not close Japan’s borders to all Chinese visitors instead of just those from the central province of Hubei, whose capital Wuhan is the epicenter of the epidemic, and the eastern province of Zhejiang.
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