Japan's Ishiba approval rating of 41%... 55% approve of 'using nuclear power'

The approval rating of Japan's Cabinet, Shigeru Ishiba, which was launched in October, has fallen for two consecutive months.

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) reported that in a telephone poll conducted with TV Tokyo from the 20th to the 22nd of this month, Ishiba's Cabinet approval rating was 41%, down 5 percentage points from last month.In the poll of 774 adults aged 18 and over

, 51 percent said they did not support Ishiba's cabinet, up 5 percentage points.

In the Nikkei survey, Ishiba's Cabinet approval rating was 51 percent in October, shortly after the inauguration, the lowest ever approval rating since the inauguration of the administration, and dropped by 5 percentage points in the surveys last month and this month.

The Japanese government unveiled a new "Basic Energy Plan" this month, which includes the phrase "reducing dependence on nuclear power generation" and making the most of it, with 55% approving the use of such nuclear power plants (31%).

In terms of party support, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party remained at the top with 32%, while the third opposition National Democratic Party (14%) jumped to second place, beating the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party (9%).

The People's Democratic Party, which quadrupled the number of seats in the House of Representatives elections in late October, has broadened public support by advocating for the improvement of the so-called "1.03 million yen wall" that reduces income taxes by raising standards for non-taxation of earned income taxes.

It is the first time that the party has ranked second in the Nikkei party's approval rating since the current National Democratic Party was formed in September 2020.