FOCUS: Japan PM Suga losing out due to poor COVID response as Olympics end

While Japanese athletes have garnered a record number of gold medals in the Tokyo Olympics to lift Japan into a celebratory mood amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is far from striking gold with his political fate hanging in the balance.The Summer Games, postponed by one year due to COVID-19, went on despite public concern over the spread of the virus. As the games unfolded, the country has seen an explosive spread of COVID-19 although Suga has repeatedly denied any connection between the Olympics and the surge in infections.The highly contagious Delta varian…READ FULL ARTICLE