TOKYO -- Support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fallen further, a weekend poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo finds, after the Japanese leader floated a tax cut to ease the pain of high prices.
65% say proposed tax cut inappropriate as inflation relief

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida answers questions about his government's economic policy in the lower house budget committee on Oct. 27. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
TOKYO -- Support for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fallen further, a weekend poll by Nikkei and TV Tokyo finds, after the Japanese leader floated a tax cut to ease the pain of high prices.