Suga's slipups a sign of fatigue amid crisis
The Japan News
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks on a phone at the Prime Minister's Office on Jan. 14. 2021.Japan News-Yomiuri
A series of verbal gaffes on important issues has prompted growing concern within the government that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is suffering from chronic stress and fatigue.
The beleaguered prime minister spent his New Year holiday on the job, tasked with orchestrating the response to the coronavirus resurgence at year's end. Mindful of the official message of social distancing and self-restraint, he has also been forced to abstain from his habitual breakfasts at a Tokyo hotel. Observers speculated such compounding factors may have been behind the conspicuous slips of tongue.