Approval rate for Japan PM Ishiba's new Cabinet at 50.7%: Kyodo poll

The approval rating for the Cabinet of new Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba stood at 50.7 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Wednesday, a day after his inauguration.The disapproval rate was 28.9 percent, according to the poll conducted for two days from Tuesday.When Ishiba's predecessor, Fumio Kishida, launched his Cabinet in October 2021, the approval rate was 55.7 percent. It stood at 26.1 percent in the survey in August.Ishiba was elected prime minister on Tuesday following a slush fund scandal that engulfed the Liberal Democratic Party and damaged public trust in politics. He has…READ FULL ARTICLE