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MNI BRIEF: PM Suga Approval Rating Falls to 34% in Survey

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The approval rating of Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's government fell 9 percentage points from June to 34% in a new survey conducted by the Nikkei/TV Tokyo amid public disappointment as the nation hosts the long-delayed Summer Olympics, the Nikkei reported on Monday.

The rating plumbed a new low since Suga took office last September, slipping beneath the 40% nadir marked in May.

The last time a cabinet approval rating fell under 40% was in June 2020, when it hit 38% for the government of then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The 34% rating puts the government in bleak territory not seen since November 2012, when the old Democratic Party of Japan was in power.

The top reasons for the disapproval was a "lack of leadership," cited by 53%, followed by "poor management of the government and party" at 35%.

MNI Tokyo Bureau | +81 90-2175-0040 | hiroshi.inoue@marketnews.com
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