Only 10% want PM Kishida to stay as support rate sags: Kyodo poll

Only 10.4 percent of the Japanese public want Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to win the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership race slated for September and continue serving as premier, the latest Kyodo News poll showed Sunday.In the nationwide telephone survey, conducted over two days from Saturday, the approval rating for Kishida's Cabinet was 22.2 percent, 2.0 percentage points down from a previous 24.2 percent in May, underpinning the public's continued dissatisfaction with his policy management.On the other hand, the disapproval rate for Kishida's Cabinet stood at 62.4 percent, rou…READ FULL ARTICLE