The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Taro Aso rose 5.9 percentage points from late March to 29.6 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday.
The disapproval rating came to 56.2 percent, down 7.3 points from the March survey, according to the nationwide telephone survey conducted Tuesday and Wednesday.
The latest poll also showed that 65.5 percent of the 1,014 randomly selected respondents want Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa to step down over the indictment of his top secretary in connection with alleged illegal funds from general contractor Nishimatsu Construction Co., compared with 66.6 percent in the previous survey.