Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's latest Cabinet reshuffle has failed to gain much public support, with a survey showing Wednesday that 45.2 percent of respondents did not view it positively, while only 31.0 percent said they did.

A reshuffle typically helps boost a Cabinet's approval ratings, but Abe's latest gamble has apparently failed to do so.

The nationwide telephone poll conducted Tuesday and Wednesday by Kyodo News still showed a 46.5 percent overall approval rate for Abe's administration, down 0.9 percentage point from the previous poll in September.