Japan, sharp decline in government popularity

  The Japanese government's popularity has reached its lowest level in two years. According to a poll conducted on Sunday by the Kyodo news agency, the level of support and popularity for the government of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has reached 32.3% in the country, the lowest since he was appointed to the position in October 2021. In the previous poll conducted in September, Kishida's cabinet approval rating stood at 39.8%, but today's poll dropped to 32.3% compared to the November-December 2022 poll, which was 33.1%. The Kyodo survey also found that 58.6% of respondents waiting to receive the next economic relief package, which is expected to be paid by the end of this month to ease people's woes against the daily rise in commodity prices goods, consider this measure as an ineffective and ineffective solution.

Kyodo news agency