FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2020, file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga adjusts a face mask after a press conference on the COVID-19 situation in Japan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Prime Minister Suga came to office on a surge of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix the languishing economy. Now his support ratings have plunged amid flaring virus outbreaks and scandals within the ruling party, even as the economy appears to be recovering. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP, File)

A vendor makes takoyaki, small dumpling with fried octopus in it beside a poster for "GoTo Travel" campaign in Osaka, western Japan Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. The government’s “GoTo Travel” and “GoTo Eat” campaigns, provide big discounts for domestic travel and dining out. The programs were launched in the summer, before Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office. The suspension took effect Monday after Suga announced plans to do so earlier this month, but many Japanese see them as a factor in encouraging the spread of the virus and believe they should have been halted sooner. (Takumi Sato/Kyodo News via AP)

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, also the Liberal Democratic Party party leader, poses with the ruling party's senior officials, including Toshihiro Nikai, right, at the party headquarters in Tokyo, on Sept. 15, 2020. Prime Minister Suga came to office on a surge of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix the languishing economy. Now his support ratings have plunged amid flaring virus outbreaks and scandals within the ruling party, even as the economy appears to be recovering. (Kyodo News via AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 25, 2020, file photo, Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, left, and government taskforce chief Shigeru Omi attend a press conference on the COVID-19 situation in Japan at the prime minister's office in Tokyo. Prime Minister Suga came to office on a surge of popularity, pledging to combat the coronavirus and fix the languishing economy. Now his support ratings have plunged amid flaring virus outbreaks and scandals within the ruling party, even as the economy appears to be recovering. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP, File)

People wearing face masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus cross a street in Shibuya district in Tokyo Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he plans to submit legislation that will make coronavirus measures legally binding for businesses, punish violators and include economic compensation as his government struggles to slow the ongoing upsurge. (Kyodo News via AP)