This June’s result was 5.2 points lower than that of the survey conducted in May, but remained above 60 percent for another straight month since he took office in October 2021, according to an article in the Japanese newspaper.
According to the survey, 51.6 percent of those surveyed rated the measures taken by the Kishida cabinet against the price increase in the Asian country as positive, which also included the submission of a supplementary budget for the 2022 financial year.
It should be noted that inflation is one of the hottest topics in the debate between the various Japanese political factions ahead of the elections to the Chamber of Councilors of the Diet (Parliament) to be held next July 10th.
The Japanese president’s foreign policy agenda received 63.2 percent approval, although support for Tokyo’s position on Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine fell by almost three percentage points.
As for increases in defense spending, 51.7 percent of respondents called for keeping the figure within current margins.
Likewise, 65.4 percent celebrated the steps taken to relax preventive measures against SARS-Cov-2, which causes Covid-19, and the reopening of borders to international tourism.
Some Sankei and Fuji News Network data on popular support for Kishida’s government differs somewhat from that of other Japanese media outlets.
On Thursday last week, the Jiji Press agency published the results of its own survey, according to which the prime minister’s public approval rating was 48.7 percent.
For its part, the Asahi Shimbun also secured an index above 60 percent and forecast an almost certain victory for the Kishida-led Liberal Democratic Party in July’s general election.
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