Japan PM Kishida's support rate dives to 40.8% amid ID card fiasco

The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet plunged to 40.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, with many in the public wary of the government's push to expand the use of the national identification card, plagued with privacy concerns.The support rating was down from 47.0 percent in the previous poll in late May, while the disapproval rating increased 5.7 percentage points to 41.6 percent, according to the two-day nationwide telephone survey conducted from Saturday.The sluggish showing came after Kishida on Thursday ruled out dissolving the House of Representatives …READ FULL ARTICLE