Kishida’s Support Tanks After Replacing Scandal-Hit Cabinet
- Mainichi poll shows disapproval rate is highest since 1947
- Fundraising issue is also hurting Japan’s ruling LDP
Fumio Kishida
Photographer: Franck Robichon/EPA/Bloomberg
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Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fell to fresh lows in polls taken after he reshuffled his cabinet to contain a funding scandal that threatens the future of his government.
A survey by the Mainichi Shimbun Dec. 16-17 found approval of his cabinet slumped by 5 percentage points from last month to 16%, the lowest since he took office in October 2021. His disapproval rate rose to 79%, the highest since the newspaper started conducting such polls more than seven decades ago.