Japan PM Kishida's approval rating hits new low: Nikkei poll

65% say proposed tax cut inappropriate as inflation relief

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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)

Nikkei staff writers

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.

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