Support for Japan’s Abe Plummets to Record Low in Two Polls
- Embattled prime minister faces questions in parliament Monday
- Four opinion polls over weekend show slump in cabinet support
Japan PM Shinzo Abe's Allies Hit Him Over Land Scandal
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe saw his support tumble in weekend opinion polls as anger continues to rise over a cronyism scandal.
Two of the polls -- conducted separately by the Asahi newspaper and NNN news network -- showed public backing for Abe had fallen to its lowest level since he took office in 2012. They were conducted after the finance ministry admitted last week it had doctored documents related to the discounted sale of public land to a nationalist school operator with ties to Abe’s wife.