izumi: thanks, and good morning.sen as the leader and new prime minister, the first and foremost task he or she is going to face is the managing risks of covid against economic reopening. japan is coming out of its delta-driven fifth wave. with vaccination rates up, about 60% of the vaccination received at least one dose, the government to starting to talk about reopening milestones and the strategy. they are expected to finalize a document that talks about gradual lifting of recommended curbs on activity in october going into november. you know, the delta variant of these variants are very transmissible, so they are going to have to be careful and do things one step at a time. haidi: the misstep it seems for the souk administration -- the suga administration was mishandling the delta outbreak and restarting economic wrote -- economic growth. what will need to have an for the next leader to get that right, or at that point will we see a higher vaccination level? izumi: i think another thing that has been a big bottle