A mere 29.6 percent of voters support Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori's Cabinet, according to a Kyodo News public opinion poll released Wednesday, the second worst initial support rate for a Cabinet since 1974.

According to the interview poll, conducted over the weekend, 60.7 percent of respondents said they disapprove of Mori's Cabinet, which was launched April 5.

The survey received responses from 66.2 percent of the 3,000 eligible voters questioned nationwide.