Kishida Cabinet's approval rating sinks to 29%: Mainichi poll September 19, 2022 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (Mainichi) TOKYO -- The support rate for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida declined to 29% in the latest Mainichi Shimbun opinion poll conducted on Sept. 17 and 18, falling below 30% for the first time since his administration was inaugurated in October 2021. The Mainichi Shimbun conducted the nationwide poll together with the Social Survey Research Center. The Cabinet's approval rate has been on a downward trend. The support rate stood at 52% in a survey conducted on July 16 and 17, and 36% in the previous poll on Aug. 20 and 21. The disapproval rate was 64% in the latest survey -- up 10 percentage points from the 54% recorded in August. Support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) also dropped to 23% -- down 6 points from the 29% in the previous poll. This was the lowest figure since the current survey method was introduced in April 2020. It is believed support for the Cabinet and the LDP has dropped amid criticism over a costly state funeral planned for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe スーパーコピーブランド時計  and politicians' ties with the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, more commonly known by its former name, the Unification Church. Only 12% of respondents approved of the Kishida administration's response to lawmakers' ties with the Unification Church, far below the 72% who disapproved of it. Sixteen percent of respondents said that they had no opinion on the administration's reaction to the issue. The LDP recently conducted a probe into the relationship between its lawmakers and the Unification Church. Fourteen percent of respondents said this probe was sufficient, far fewer than the 76% who said it wasn't. Even among LDP supporters, some 50% answered that the probe was insufficient. On Sept. 8, the LDP announced the results of a survey on the relationship between party members and the church or affiliated groups. A total of 179 LDP lawmakers admitted that they had had some sort of contact. However, the survey was based on party members' self-reported information and even after the LDP's announcement, cases in which they had had contact with the church or affiliated groups emerged one after another. As a result ブランドコピー服  it appears many respondents were not convinced by the survey. When asked whether the LDP should investigate Abe's relationship with the church, 68% of respondents said yes, while 24% said no. The LDP has explained that it will not inspect Abe's ties because he has died. Meanwhile, 62% of respondents were opposed to holding a state funeral for Abe -- up 9 points from the 53% in the previous survey -- while 27% favored the move -- a decrease of 3 points from the 30% recorded in August. Even among LDP supporters ブランドコピー  more than 20% were opposed to the state funeral. Broken down by age bracket, the older the respondents were, the higher the percentage of opponents to the state funeral was. About 50% of respondents aged between 18 and 39 コピー時計 N級品  roughly 60% of respondents in their 40s through 60s, and approximately 70% of people aged 70 or above were opposed to the state funeral. During out-of-session deliberations of the committees on the rules and administration of the House Representatives and the House of Councillors on Sept. 8 ブランドコピー最高N級  Prime Minister Kishida once again stressed that holding a state funeral was appropriate, but the survey results suggest he has not gained the understanding of the public. The government announced on Sept. 6 that the total cost of the state funeral was expected to exceed 1.6 billion yen (about $11.16 million). The survey additionally questioned respondents on which political parties they supported. Besides the LDP, Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) was supported by 13% of respondents, followed by the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan at 10% and the Japanese Communist Party at 5% -- all unchanged from the previous poll. Reiwa Shinsengumi was supported by 5% (up from 4%), followed by the Democratic Party for the People at 4% (the same as in the previous poll), Komeito at 4% (up from 2%), and Sanseito at 2% (down from 4%). Twenty-nine percent of respondents did not support any political party (up from 25%). The survey was conducted using a combination of text messages to mobile phones and automated voice questionnaires on fixed-line phones. A total of 642 valid responses were received from mobile phones and 422 valid responses from landlines. (Japanese original by Nanae Ito, Political News Department) Font Size SML Print Go to The Mainichi Home Page Related Articles Support for Kishida Cabinet dives to 36% after reshuffle: Mainichi poll