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.
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