Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is walking a tightrope as another resurgence of the novel coronavirus in Japan could hit his six-month-old government that is already struggling with falling public support over its virus response and a wining and dining scandal involving a ministry he once led.While citing an easing of the strain on the nation's medical system as a reason for lifting a state of emergency in the Tokyo region on Sunday, Suga has apparently judged that the emergency has lost its edge and the number of infections is unlikely to fall even if the government maintains it.Japan has be…READ FULL ARTICLE
