THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
September 4, 2021 at 15:25 JST
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, right, and Toshihiro Nikai, the secretary-general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, prepare for a meeting of party executives on Sept. 3. (Nobuo Fujiwara)
Faced with abysmal public approval ratings, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga deviously toyed with the unprecedented step of overhauling top executive posts of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party prior to the party’s leadership election this month to freshen up its image and strengthen his own hand in remaining in the top job. [Read More]
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