Public support for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet in November rose 0.7 percentage point from the previous month to 28.7%, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.

An administration with a public approval rating of under 30% is said to be in the "danger zone," which is the zone in which a prime minister is at risk of leaving office.

The result highlights the persisting lack of voters' support for Ishiba's administration, after the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's rout in the Oct. 27 election for the House of Representatives.

The disapproval rate stood at 38.3%, up 8.2 points.

However, the survey also showed that 50.6% of respondents said that Ishiba should not resign, eclipsing the 21.5% who expressed the opposite view.

A total of 40.7% wanted an LDP-led group to remain at the helm of the government, while 32.7% called for a new government led by the current opposition parties.

The survey asked about the results of last month's election, in which the LDP and its junior coalition partner, Komeito, gave up their Lower House majority.

Those who said the outcome was "reasonable" accounted for 60.3% of the total, while 15.6% said that opposition parties should have secured more seats and 12.9% said that the ruling parties should have clinched more seats.

With multiple answers allowed, respondents were asked why they support the Ishiba Cabinet. The largest proportion, at 10.8%, said that there is no one else suitable to be prime minister, 8.3% said they trust Ishiba, and 4.1% said that it makes no difference who becomes prime minister.

Of respondents who do not support the Cabinet, 22.4% said they have no hopes for it and 13.7% said they cannot trust Ishiba. The proportion of those who said that Ishiba lacks leadership skills and those who said they have a bad impression of him both came to 11.8%.

By political party, support for the LDP stood at 20.0%, up 1.1 points, and 7.5% for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, up 2.9 points.

The support rate for the Democratic Party for the People, which enjoyed a massive boost in Lower House influence in the general election, shot up over fourfold to 5.5%, surpassing 4.1% for Komeito and 2.6% for Nippon Ishin no Kai.

Support came to 1.6% for Reiwa Shinsengumi, 1.1% for the Japanese Communist Party, 0.8% for the Conservative Party of Japan, 0.5% for Sanseito and 0.3% for the Social Democratic Party.

The share of respondents who support no particular party stood at 52.7%, down 9.5 points.

The interview survey was conducted during a four-day period through Monday, covering 2,000 people across the country. Valid responses came from 59.5%.