Japan PM Kishida's approval rating holds steady at 42%: Nikkei poll

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Aug. 17 before flying to the U.S. for a three-way summit including South Korea. (Photo by Shinya Sawai)

SUBARU TANAKA and RYOTA OGATA, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet rose 2 percentage points from the previous month to 42% in the latest Nikkei-TV Tokyo poll, while disapproval fell 1 point to 50%.

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