Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga could call a general election either at the beginning of 2021, or after the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics end in early September, according to a key political strategist. Suga sparked renewed speculation about a swift vote by picking campaign consultant Hiroshi Miura, who specializes in election planning, as his breakfast guest the morning after he was installed as the new premier by parliament on Sept. 16. With only a year to go on the lower house term, Suga has little time to waste, though he has repeatedly said his current priority is tackling the virus and its economic fallout, rather than elections. “The options are January, February or after...
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