Takaichi Cabinet’s Approval Rate Inches Down to 59.1 Pct: Jiji Poll

Tokyo, April 16 (Jiji Press)–Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet fell 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 59.1 pct in April, a monthly survey by Jiji Press showed Thursday. Takaichi, who took office last October, saw her cabinet’s approval rate hit its lowest level for two months in a row but still remain high, compared with her predecessors’ cabinets. According to the April survey, conducted for four days through Monday, the proportion of respondents who did not support the cabinet declined 1.1 points to 19.2 pct, while 21.7 pct said they did not know. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]