Without going too far down the speculative rabbit hole, it seems that a) Abe’s definitely ailing, b) the government seemed to think he could recover with a break, hence being less than forthright about what’s been going on and the very public urgings from Suga et all to rest.
But today seems like a breaking point. It seems unlikely after two unexpected hospital visits in as many weeks that this approach will continue to work.
It is not an unreasonable to ask what condition the PM is in during a pandemic and recession.
At that point, does he come clean and step aside? Does he play for time? Does he recover, somehow?
Without knowing what the issue is, it’s pretty hard to say. But buckle in.
Of course, this also casts the LDP’s refusal to convene an extraordinary session of the Diet quickly in a different light.
