Ishiba cabinet approval rating falls to 46% after Japan election

Support for opposition parties rises as prime minister leads minority government

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The members of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's new cabinet were viewed favorably by 25% of respondents, while 55% took the opposite view.  © Reuters

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet slid to 46% in the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll, down 5 percentage points from the previous survey conducted just after his first cabinet was formed in October.

When asked why they approve of the new cabinet, 45% of Ishiba's supporters cited his trustworthiness, while 23% liked the central role played by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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