Support for Suga's Cabinet plunges to 50% amid virus resurgence: poll

The approval rate for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet has fallen sharply to 50.3 percent from last month's 63.0 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, as the government is struggling to ensure an economic recovery while responding to a resurgence of coronavirus infections.As the deepening health crisis has also affected the plan to host the postponed Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next summer, more than 60 percent called for revising the plan, including 32.2 percent demanding that the events be put off again and 29.0 percent saying they should be cancelled.It was the first time…READ FULL ARTICLE