In Japan, discontent brews at PM Suga’s economic policies as Covid-19 cases keep rising

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s government is facing increasing criticism, including from older residents, over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, as infections on Sunday crossed the 2,000 threshold for the fourth consecutive day.The country saw 2,066 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total caseload to some 148,000, with more than one-quarter of them recorded in the capital Tokyo.The unhappiness is partly driven by a perception that the “Go To Travel” domestic tourism campaign,…

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