Takaichi Cabinet’s approval rate drops to new low of 42.4%, Jiji poll shows

The public approval rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet fell 1.7 percentage points month on month in October to 42.4%, the lowest level since she took office a year ago, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. The rate is down for a fifth straight month. According to the survey, conducted for four days through Monday, the proportion of respondents who did not support the Cabinet stood at 29.7%, up 0.4 of a percentage point.