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Kishida Cabinet's support rate up to 54% after reshuffle: Kyodo poll
The support rate in the two-day nationwide telephone survey from Wednesday, when the Cabinet was reshuffled, came after its approval rating dropped to a worst-ever 51.0 percent in the previous poll conducted on July 30 and 31.
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Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party General Secretary Akira Amari (left) bows to Prime Minister and party leader Fumio Kishida at the party headquarters, in Tokyo, on Oct. 31, 2021, following Japan’s general election. (AFP/Behrouz Mehri )
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he approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet rose to 54.1 percent, after a reshuffling aimed at reviving sagging public support amid intense scrutiny over his ruling party's links with a controversial religious group, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.
The support rate in the two-day nationwide telephone survey from Wednesday, when the Cabinet was reshuffled, came after its approval rating dropped to a worst-ever 51.0 percent in the previous poll conducted on July 30 and 31.
The survey also found that 84.7 percent of respondents said politicians must cut their ties with the Unification Church and any affiliated group.
Kishida has said he has asked all ministers to "check and strictly review any links to the group in question to avoid public doubts and appointed only those who have agreed to do so."
The church has drawn attention over problematic practices such as so-called spiritual sales, in which people are talked into buying jars and other items for exorbitant prices.
It is now under renewed spotlight following the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month after his assailant cited a grudge against the church.
