While daily cases have shown tentative signs of levelling off in recent days, severe cases will continue to rise sharply for a while yet so the threat of tighter restrictions on economic activity remains. The Delta wave has also contributed to a further fall in PM Suga's already-low approval rating. Nailed on to win to be re-elected just a few months ago, the PM is now vulnerable to a challenge from rivals such as Kono Taro and Ishiba Shigeru should they chose to stand in next month's LDP leadership contest. We discuss how economic policy could change were Mr Suga to be usurped.
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