Kishida Cabinet Approval Rating Starts Lower Than Suga's

Mainichi 49%·Kyodo News 55%

[Asia Economy Reporter Yujin Cho] The approval rating of the Fumio Kishida Cabinet, which was launched on the 4th, was found to be below 50%. This is a low level even compared to the launch of the Yoshihide Suga Cabinet.

According to an emergency wired and wireless telephone public opinion survey (1,035 respondents) conducted by Mainichi Shimbun and the Social Research Center on the 4th and 5th targeting Japanese voters aged 18 and over, the approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet was 49%.

The percentage of respondents who answered that they "do not support" the Kishida Cabinet was 40%.

In a public opinion survey conducted by Mainichi Shimbun and others at the time of the launch of the Yoshihide Suga Cabinet in September last year, the approval rating of the Suga Cabinet was 64%. At the time of the cabinet's launch, the approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet is 15 percentage points lower than that of the Suga Cabinet.

Mainichi Shimbun reported on the same day, "Although the survey methods differ and simple numerical comparisons cannot be made, based on the past 20 years, the approval rating at the time of the Kishida Cabinet's launch was the second lowest after the Taro Aso Cabinet (launched in September 2008)."

Regarding the members of the Kishida Cabinet, only 21% responded that they "have expectations," while 51% said they "have no expectations."

Regarding the appointment of Akira Amari as the LDP Secretary-General, 54% evaluated it negatively, and positive evaluations were only 22%.

Regarding the increasing influence of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and LDP Vice President Taro Aso, 59% responded that it is a "negative" factor for Prime Minister Kishida's administration, while only 23% said it is a "positive" factor.

According to an emergency telephone public opinion survey conducted by Kyodo News on the 4th and 5th targeting Japanese voters aged 18 and over, the approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet was 55.7%. The percentage of respondents who answered "do not support" was only 23.7%.

In a public opinion survey conducted by Kyodo News at the time of the launch of the Suga Cabinet (September 16-17 last year), the cabinet approval rating was 66.4%. The approval rating of the Kishida Cabinet at the time of its launch is 10.7 percentage points lower than that of the Suga Cabinet.

In this Kyodo News public opinion survey, 74.4% responded that Prime Minister Kishida "made decisions considering factions" within the LDP when appointing ministers and LDP executives, while only 18.8% said he "made decisions appropriately."

69.7% responded that Prime Minister Kishida should "shift away" from the policies of the Abe and Suga administrations, while only 24.1% said he should "inherit" them.

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