The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's just-launched Cabinet stands at 55.7 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Tuesday, suggesting the public have mixed feelings on the new leader heading into a general election this month.The figure comes a day after Kishida took office and announced he will dissolve the House of Representatives on Oct. 14 and go to the polls on Oct. 31 to seek a mandate for his COVID-19 and economic policies.The approval rating fell short of the 66.4 percent for the Cabinet of his predecessor, Yoshihide Suga, upon its formation in September last …READ FULL ARTICLE
