98: Prime Minister Suga's shock resignation w/ Satoshi Sugiyama

The Japan Times’ political correspondent, Satoshi Sugiyama, discusses Suga’s sudden resignation and who might replace him as prime minister.

Read more:

• A behind-the-scenes look at Suga’s shocking decision to quit the LDP race • (Satoshi Sugiyama, The Japan Times)

• Suga's abrupt exit throws LDP race wide open • (Satoshi Sugiyama, The Japan Times)

• Vaccine czar Taro Kono tops opinion poll to be Japan's next leader • (The Japan Times)

• Could Japan soon have a female leader? Sanae Takaichi emerges as a contender • (Tomohiro Osaki, The Japan Times)

• For Suga, the pandemic proved to be his undoing • (Osamu Tsukimori, The Japan Times)

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Photo: Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives to meet with Andrew Parsons, president of the International Paralympic Committee, in Tokyo on Friday. | POOL / VIA REUTERS