The ruling Liberal Democratic Party is projected to win a leading 28.0 percent of the proportional representation seats in Sunday's general election, the latest survey showed Thursday.
According to the Kyodo News poll, the support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet stood at 48.7 percent, compared with a disapproval rate of 41.1 percent, a reversal from the previous poll that showed disapproval surpassing approval.
In the telephone survey conducted Wednesday and Thursday, the support rate for the LDP in the proportional representation section compares with 11.8 percent for the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, up 1.5 points from the previous poll conducted from Nov. 28 to 29.