Japan PM Kishida's support keeps sliding after cabinet revamp

Approval in the 20% range as public blames prime minister for fundraising scandal

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Public support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet continues to slide after he replaced four scandal-hit ministers. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

KAORU OSAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Public support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet fell to fresh lows in recent opinion polls after he sacked four ministers implicated in a growing fundraising scandal, with approval ratings all coming in at the 20% range.

Support for the cabinet declined from the previous month in three of the four polls conducted over the weekend by Nikkei and other media organizations. The approval rating came to 26%, down 4 points, in the Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll.

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