Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced today that he would step down, setting the stage for a new prime minister after a one-year tenure marred by an unpopular Covid-19 response and rapidly dwindling public support.

Suga (above), who took over after Shinzo Abe resigned last September citing ill health, has seen his support ratings sink below 30 percent as the nation struggles with its worst wave of COVID-19 infections ahead of a general election this year...