Japan PM Kishida's approval rating sinks to new low of 30%: Nikkei

String of vice minister resignations cited as undercutting ability to govern

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The approval rating is the lowest since Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Liberal Democratic Party regained power in 2012. (Photo by Suzu Takahashi)

SUBARU TANAKA and SHINNOSUKE NAGATOMI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet plumbed a new low at 30%, slipping 3 percentage points from October, in the latest poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo.

The 30% approval rating is the lowest of Kishida's time in office, which began in October 2021. It is also the lowest since his Liberal Democratic Party regained power in 2012 with Shinzo Abe's second stint as prime minister.

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