Energy Markets Bet Against Nuclear As Election Nears In Japan

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga shocked the world on Friday when he announced that he will be stepping down and declining to seek re-election after serving one term. Suga, who made his resignation announcement after less than one year in office, was the successor of Shinzo Abe, the nation’s longest-serving Prime Minister. Suga’s administration has been historically unpopular amongst the Japanese public due to their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and his decision to step down “makes him a rare leader of a large, developed…