Public support for Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's Cabinet is still hovering at around 28 percent despite the passage last week of an unpopular tax bill and desire for an early general election, the latest survey says, and nearly half of the nation doesn't like any of the political parties.
According to the results of a Kyodo News poll carried out over the weekend, the Cabinet is polling at 27.9 percent support, virtually unchanged from 28.1 percent a month ago. Its disapproval rating stood at 59.0 percent, down from 60.0 percent in the previous poll July 15. No margin of error was given.
As for the decision to double the consumption tax rate to 10 percent by 2015, 56.1 percent oppose it and 42.2 percent support it. Noda staked his political career on the legislation's passage.