The approval rate for Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Cabinet dropped 5.9 percentage points from last month to 60.5 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday, as controversy over issues involving the Science Council of Japan, a government advisory panel, has worsened the new leader's image.The nationwide telephone survey, conducted over the weekend, showed 72.7 percent of respondents believe Suga has failed to provide sufficient explanation about his rejection of six scholars from joining the council, an act many scholars have condemned as an attack on academic freedom.The disapproval rate…READ FULL ARTICLE
