“Japan’s Takaichi cabinet approval rating is 51%”… Decline despite cabinet reshuffle

(Tokyo = Yonhap News) Correspondent Do-yeon Lee = A survey showed that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval rating fell despite her cabinet reshuffle last month.

According to the results of a public opinion poll conducted by NHK on 1,184 men and women over the age of 18 from the 10th to the 12th and announced on the 13th, the approval rating of Takaichi's cabinet was 51%, down 2 percentage points from the previous month's survey.

It was the lowest recorded in the same survey conducted every month since the inauguration of the cabinet in October last year.

In this survey, 32% of people responded that they did not support the Takaichi cabinet, up 1 percentage point from the previous month.

When asked about their evaluation of the cabinet reshuffle and the appointment of executives of the Liberal Democratic Party last month, 4% responded that they "evaluated it very positively," and 38% responded that they "evaluated it somewhat positively," for a total of 42% who responded positively.

On the other hand, 33% “do not evaluate it very much” and 15% “do not evaluate it at all”, which was 48%, which is higher than the positive evaluation rate.

Regarding the statement by Kazuo Yana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, who took office through this cabinet reshuffle, that the budgets of local governments with heads of local governments who did not support him in his constituency were "drastically cut", only 8% were satisfied with the explanation of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

On the other hand, “I cannot understand” was high at 78%.

Yana, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, withdrew his remarks, apologized, and expressed his intention to fulfill his duties.