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Cabinet's approval rating hits 51%, with majority backing pressure on North but not constitutional amendment under Abe: survey

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe waves as he watches the preliminary round of the women's ice hockey match between Japan and Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, on Saturday. | AP

Kyodo

Feb 11, 2018

The public approval rating for the Cabinet has inched up to 50.8 percent in the latest survey, with more than half of respondents backing its policy of pressuring North Korea to halt its nuclear weapons and missile development programs.

The approval rating is 1.1 points higher than in the previous poll in January.

The Cabinet's disapproval rating meanwhile stood at 36.9 percent, inching up slightly from 36.6 percent in the previous survey in January.

Cabinet's approval rating hits 51%, with majority backing pressure on North but not constitutional amendment under Abe: survey

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