TOKYO • Just 2½ weeks into his tenure as Japan Prime Minister, a controversy is already threatening to hurt Mr Yoshihide Suga's sky-high approval ratings.
The prime minister is tasked with appointing scholars to the Japan Science Council, which is set up within the government but makes policy recommendations independent of it.
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