FOCUS: Suga faces make-or-break election year as COVID rages, Olympics loom

This year will be critical for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's hopes of remaining in power as he mulls the timing of a general election while steering Japan's response to the coronavirus and pushing ahead with plans to hold the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the summer.With his support ratings in decline amid dissatisfaction with his government's pandemic response and a series of money scandals within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party making headlines, he cannot afford any missteps.Suga's window to dissolve the House of Representatives for the general election is gradually closing -- hi…READ FULL ARTICLE