60% in Japan feel gov't handled early stages of virus poorly: poll

Over 60 percent of people surveyed in Japan last month said their government was not handling the coronavirus outbreak well, according to a poll by the Gallup International Association.The 62 percent disapproval rating compares with 76 percent of people in Thailand saying their government's handling of the crisis was poor, 46 percent in the United States and 44 percent in Germany.The poll was conducted well before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Tuesday declaration of a state of emergency over a surge in virus infections in Tokyo, Osaka and five other prefectures.Results from the 28-nation poll…READ FULL ARTICLE