Japan Prime Minister Suga faces no-confidence vote

Ruling coalition to reject motion to focus on COVID-19 response

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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has failed to protect the lives and livelihoods of the people, key opposition figure Yukio Edano said June 14. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

MANABU KAME, SHUNSUKE SHIGETA and YUKI FUJITA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese opposition parties submitted a vote of no confidence against Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday as headwinds grow over his handling of the pandemic and the Summer Olympics here.

Leaders from the Constitutional Democratic Party, the Japanese Communist Party, the Democratic Party for the People and the Social Democratic Party came to the decision on Monday after the ruling coalition rejected their request for a three-month extension to the current parliamentary session, which ends Wednesday.

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