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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 18, 2021
Suga Cabinet support rate hits all-time low of 35.9% ahead of Olympics
The disapproval rating rose to 49.8%, the highest ever for the administration, adding to signs of discontent with the government's pandemic response and determination to hold the Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2019
Conservative LDP group submits proposal to let some ex-imperial family members back into fold
With just three potential heirs to the throne, the LDP group called for enabling unmarried male members of former branches to join the imperial family.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2019
LDP support rate edges up ahead of Japan's Upper House election, poll finds
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has extended its lead over opposition parties, according to a Kyodo News poll, as the campaign for the July 21 Upper House election heats up.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 17, 2019
Cabinet support rate falls to 47.6% amid controversy over pension provision, telephone poll shows
The approval rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has dipped to 47.6 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, down from 50.5 percent in the previous poll in mid-May, amid criticism over handling of a financial report that indicated flaws in Japan's pension system.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2019
Nearly 80% in Japan support having women on throne and 82% feel affection for new emperor
The survey covered 743 randomly selected households with eligible voters as well as 1,238 mobile phone users, obtaining responses from 516 and 518 people, respectively.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 10, 2019
Abe support rate falls; 69% want Okinawa vote on base issue respected
The public support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has fallen slightly to 43.3 percent, with many calling for respecting a recent local referendum that rejected a plan to relocate a U.S. air base within Okinawa Prefecture, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2019
Support for Abe's Cabinet rises to 46% despite labor data scandal, latest poll finds
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen to 45.6 percent from mid-January's 43.4 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, despite growing criticism of the government's response to a labor data scandal.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2019
Rigging polls 'was at the direction of' Trump, admits his ex-lawyer, Michael Cohen
Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, said on Thursday he paid a firm to manipulate online polling data "at the direction of and for the sole benefit of" Trump.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2018
65% against Diet passage of foreign workers' bill: Kyodo News poll
A poll finds over 65 percent of voters were against the Diet's passage earlier in the month of a bill to accept more foreign blue-collar workers from April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2018
51.3% of Japanese support bill to accept more foreign workers, Kyodo poll shows
More than half of Japanese support a bill to accept more foreign workers, a nationwide Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2018
Almost half of electorate disapproves of Abe's Cabinet reshuffle, poll shows
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's latest Cabinet reshuffle has failed to gain much public support, with a survey showing Wednesday that 45.2 percent of respondents did not view it positively, while only 31.0 percent said they did.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2018
Cabinet's support numbers tumble to 37%
A weekend poll show public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has dropped 5.4 points to 37.0 percent on fresh revelations that have deepened cronyism and cover-up suspicions related to him.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 10, 2018
Over 85% say Japan at risk of going to war again: triennial survey
The 10-point jump from 2015 is blamed mainly on international antagonism and an inadequate U.N., the results of the January multiple choice survey show.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2018
Cabinet's approval rating hits 51%, with majority backing pressure on North but not constitutional amendment under Abe: survey
The public approval rating for the Cabinet has inched up to 50.8 percent in the latest survey, with more than half of respondents backing its policy of pressuring North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and missile development programs.
JAPAN
Feb 11, 2018
Support for use of dual surnames in Japan rises to over 40% in government survey
In the latest survey, support for the dual surname proposal climbs 7 points as 18-year-olds and 19-year-olds join the mix for the first time.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 3, 2018
Over 80% of major Japanese companies expect economy to grow in 2018
About 82 percent of major companies expect the Japanese economy to grow in 2018, citing a recovery in corporate capital investment and personal spending, but they are also cautious about hiking wages, according to a Kyodo News survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 14, 2017
Japanese and Chinese views on recent ties have greatly improved, poll shows
Japanese and Chinese people's views on recent relations between their countries have markedly improved, an annual survey showed Thursday, after years of abysmal readings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 12, 2017
Survey projects big election win for Abe's coalition, but many voters remain undecided
Abe's gamble to call a snap election looks like it could pay off, with the ruling bloc on track for a big win, according to a survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2017
Poll in four Asian democracies finds Japanese the most pessimistic about future
Japanese are the most pessimistic about the future of their country among people in four Asian democratic countries, a joint survey by think tanks showed Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2017
Cabinet's flat support rating surpassed by disapproval rating in latest poll
The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet is essentially holding level at 44.5 percent while again being surpassed by the disapproval rating, a new poll shows.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.
Philippines wants U.S. and Japan to take over rail deal eyed by China
Delfin Lorenzana
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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