Approval rate for Japan PM Abe's Cabinet logs sharpest fall in 2 years

The approval rate for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet stands at 41.0 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, down 8.3 points from the previous poll in January and marking the sharpest fall in nearly two years amid yet another cronyism scandal.In the nationwide opinion poll, conducted Saturday and Sunday, 82.5 percent said they were either "worried" or "worried to a certain extent" about the negative impact of the new coronavirus outbreak on the Japanese economy.While 63.5 percent welcomed the government's decision to prohibit some foreigners from entering Japan to prevent the spread…READ FULL ARTICLE