Suga defends government s coronavirus policies Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide defended the government s policies against the coronavirus while answering questions about his recent policy speech in the Diet.
In the Lower House on Wednesday, Constitutional Democratic Party leader Edano Yukio accused Suga of delaying necessary measures against the virus by ignoring public opinion. Edano said this resulted in what can only be described as an infection explosion. He urged Suga to acknowledge his misjudgment and apologize for it.
Suga dismissed suggestions that he had been slow in responding to the pandemic due to groundless optimism.
He pledged to take necessary steps to protect people s lives and livelihoods and to maintain jobs and businesses while containing the spread of the virus.