Japan Kishida Cabinet Approval Rating Hits New Low at 26.3%

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Japan's Kishida Cabinet's approval rating hit a record low of 26.3%, according to a report by Japan's Jiji Press on the 12th. The Kishida Cabinet has maintained an approval rating in the 20% range, considered a 'danger level' for regime stability, for three consecutive months.

In a survey conducted by Jiji Press from the 6th to the 9th targeting 2,000 people aged 18 and over nationwide in Japan, the Kishida Cabinet's approval rating was recorded at 26.3%, down 1.7 percentage points from the previous month. This figure is lower than the 26.5% recorded in January.

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The disapproval rate of the Kishida Cabinet rose by 2.3 percentage points to 46.3%, similar to August's 47.4%. The proportion of respondents who answered "don't know" was 27.4%. Among the reasons for supporting the cabinet, "there is no other suitable person" was the highest at 11.4%, while reasons for not supporting included "no expectations (26.0%)," "policies are ineffective (22.7%)," and "cannot trust the Prime Minister (18.1%)."

Regarding party approval ratings, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) led with 21.0%, down 1.0 percentage point from the previous month, followed by Nippon Ishin no Kai (3.9%), the Constitutional Democratic Party (3.1%), Komeito (3.1%), the Communist Party (1.7%), the Democratic Party for the People (1.4%), Reiwa Shinsengumi (1.1%), the Social Democratic Party (0.3%), the Sanseit? (0.2%), and the Political Women 48 Party (0%). The response "no party supported" reached 61.1%.

Regarding Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's personnel appointments for the Cabinet and the LDP executives conducted last month, 45.5% responded "do not evaluate," overwhelmingly surpassing the 10.2% who "evaluate." Jiji Press explained that the fact that no women were appointed as vice ministers or parliamentary secretaries may have contributed to this result.

Additionally, regarding the Kishida Cabinet's request for a dissolution order of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, following the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, 78.3% supported the move, overwhelmingly surpassing the 3.2% who opposed it.