Yoshihide Suga’s failure to stay on as prime ministerof Japan much beyond a single year has triggered concern that the nation is edging back towards an era of political uncertainty and upheaval. Tokyo has been unsettled by the prospect of a revolving door of leaders, each with insufficient time to implement effective change. Suga took over from Shinzo Abe on September 16 last year. It was widely anticipated that he would continue many of the policies that had kept Abe in power for a record seven years and 266 days, and that the incoming leader’s popularity with the voting public would remain …
