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Poll: Suga's support falls below 30% for first time
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's approval rating has sunk to 28 percent, according to a survey conducted by the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. This is the lowest since Suga took office last September. Sixty percent of respondents said they did not want the 72-year-old to stay on as prime minister and one in three disapproved of holding the Olympic Games. Many blame the Olympics for Japan's recent surge in COVID-19 infections. Japan's slow vaccination roll-out is also considered to have hurt Suga's popularity.

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