Japan's Kishida sees approval rating climb to 65%

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Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters about the Beijing Winter Olympics on Dec. 24. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)

TAKUYA MIZOROGI, MIKI OKUYAMA and MIKI NOSE, Nikkei staff writers

December 27, 2021 02:20 JST

TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet rose 4 percentage points to 65% in a new Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll.

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