TOKYO: Public support for Japanese Prime Minister KISHIDA Fumio’s cabinet stood at 15.5 percent in July, marking a new low since the Liberal Democratic Party returned to power in December 2012, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.

The approval rate fell 0.9 percentage point from June, when the previous low of 16.4 percent was registered.
The cabinet disapproval rate was up 1.4 points at 58.4 percent, while the proportion of respondents who neither supported nor disapproved of the cabinet came to 26.0 percent.

The survey also showed that 39.3 percent of respondents were hoping for a change of power after the next election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, while 36.3 percent said they want the LDP to stay at the country’s helm.

The interview survey was conducted for four days through Monday, covering 2,000 people aged 18 or over. Of them, 58.4 percent gave valid answers.

JIJI Press