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Shinzo Abe accused of going awol as Japan tackles Covid surge
awol 無断欠勤 absent without official leav
Political analysts speculate that Abe has settled on a laissez-faire approach, rather than make tough decisions on new restrictions that could send the world’s third-biggest economy, already officially in recession, deeper into the mire.
laissez-faire 放任 なすに任せよ
In Osaka, the second-worst affected prefecture, the governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, prompted panic-buying of an over-the-counter gargling medicine this week after claiming, with scant medical evidence, that it made people who had mild Covid-19 symptoms less infectious.
scant 乏しい
This week, government officials dismissed claims made in a weekly magazine that Abe, whose first term as prime minister was blighted by a chronic bowel disease, had been forced to slow down after vomiting blood in early July.
“The pandemic has been a severe stress test for leaders everywhere, but in the eyes of the Japanese public, Abe has failed to provide leadership and a coherent response,” Kingston said.
Coherent 整合性の取れた
It sounds like the culinary equivalent of coals to Newcastle
Culinary 料理の
