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January 22, 2021 (Mainichi Japan)
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga came under fire during questioning at a plenary session of the House of Councillors on Jan. 21 for spending less than 10 minutes answering some 30 minutes of questions from an opposition legislator, with criticism emerging even from within the ranks of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Suga gave the brief response following questions from Shunichi Mizuoka of the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDP), which were divided into around 15 categories ranging from COVID-19 vaccinations to expanded testing for the coronavirus.