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SUPPORT RATE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2019
Support for Abe's Cabinet rises to 46% despite labor data scandal, latest poll finds
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen to 45.6 percent from mid-January's 43.4 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, despite growing criticism of the government's response to a labor data scandal.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 16, 2018
65% against Diet passage of foreign workers' bill: Kyodo News poll
A poll finds over 65 percent of voters were against the Diet's passage earlier in the month of a bill to accept more foreign blue-collar workers from April.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 16, 2018
Former Prime Minister Koizumi sees embattled Abe quitting in June: magazine
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, plagued by suspected cronyism scandals and cover-ups and with his ratings sliding, will likely step down in June, former leader Junichiro Koizumi was quoted Monday as telling a weekly magazine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2018
Cabinet's approval rating hits 51%, with majority backing pressure on North but not constitutional amendment under Abe: survey
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.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 3, 2017
Struggling in polls, Abe puts premium on stability in Cabinet shake-up
With Thursday's shake-up of his Cabinet done and dusted, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has delivered an apparent message to the public and political heavyweights in Nagatacho, the heart of Japan's central government.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 23, 2017
Survey finds Abe's support rating fell to 26 percent ahead of Diet grilling on Kake Gakuen scandal
A poll conducted just days before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is to be grilled in the Diet over a suspected scandal finds his support rating has dropped 10 points to 26 percent, the lowest since he took office in 2012
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 14, 2017
Abe's support rate slides to under 30%, poll says
Public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, battered by a smoldering scandal and a perception that he is taking voters for granted, has fallen below 30 percent, the lowest since he returned to power in 2012, a survey released on Friday showed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 23, 2017
Cabinet's approval rate climbs despite ministerial gaffes, scandal: poll
The approval rating of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen 6.3 percentage points.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 31, 2016
Abe support rate rises despite Amari scandal but half oppose changing Constitution
The support rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet rose 4.3 points in January from the previous month to 53.7 percent, a Kyodo News poll shows.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 18, 2015
Cabinet approval rating nose-dives after ruling camp rams through security bills
The approval rating of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet plummets to its lowest level since December 2012 after the ruling camp rams its controversial security bills through the Lower House.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2014
Abe Cabinet disapproval rating tops support for first time: poll
Disapproval of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet exceeds its support rating for the first time since he returned to power in December 2012, a new poll finds.
JAPAN / Politics
May 9, 2014
Wiser Abe Cabinet logs record 500 days in office
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet on Friday marked the 500th day since its inception in December 2012, extending its record as the longest-serving lineup in the postwar era.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 24, 2013
Cabinet's approval rating falls to 57.9%
The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet falls to 57.9 percent amid public concern with the secrecy protection bill, a new survey reveals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 15, 2013
50% against hiking sales tax in April: poll
The public is nearly evenly divided over whether the sales tax should rise next April, but not over Prime Minister Abe's remarks about the Fukushima water crisis.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013
Cabinet support rate off to 68% amid bourse fall
Support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet dropped to 68 percent in the latest poll from 70.9 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2013
Cabinet's approval rate slips to 71%
The approval rating for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe slipped 1.7 points from the previous opinion poll but remains sky-high at 71.1 percent, according to a Kyodo News survey released Sunday.
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
If all you drink is Asahi, Sapporo and Kirin, you're depriving yourself of some of the best craft beer Tokyo has to offer — and there sure is a lot of it out there.
'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
Mai Watanabe, who went by the moniker “Sugar Baby Riri,” dated older men and swindled them out of money by telling them fictitious heartbreaking stories about herself to gain their sympathy.
Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
Toshihiro Kinjo (center), a research support technician at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, inspects an audio recording device in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on April 3 as Masako Ogasawara, a research support specialist at OIST, looks on.
Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
The legality of products that contain cannabinoids, a group of substances derived from the cannabis plant, has been somewhat murky in Japan.

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