Japan cabinet reshuffle fails to lift PM Kishida's support: Nikkei poll

Approval rating stays underwater at 42%; half of respondents against new roster

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, bottom center, tapped five women for his revamped cabinet on Sept. 13. (Photo by Mayumi Tsumita)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet stayed at 42% in a Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll conducted after Wednesday's revamp, as nearly half of respondents expressed dissatisfaction with the new lineup.

The survey conducted Wednesday and Thursday put the cabinet's disapproval rating at 51%, up 1 percentage point from the last poll in late August.

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