The public approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet rose to 49.5 percent after the ruling coalition's victory in last month's general election, but most people do not want him to stay in power, according to a Kyodo News poll.
After Abe was re-elected by the Diet as prime minister and launched his fourth Cabinet on Wednesday, the Cabinet's approval rating improved 5.0 points from the previous poll in September. The disapproval rating was 38.3 percent in the nationwide telephone survey, conducted Wednesday and Thursday.
But the survey showed that 51.2 percent of respondents do not want Abe to win another three-year term as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, which would make him prime minister, while 41.0 percent hope he does.