Ishiba Cabinet support rate hits record low at 27.4%: poll

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's Cabinet hit a record low at 27.4 percent, down 5.2 percentage points from last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.The plunge in the support rate comes as dissatisfaction has grown ahead of this summer's House of Councillors election as Ishiba has continued to dismiss consumption tax cuts as a measure for tackling rising prices.His Cabinet's approval rating sank below 30 percent -- the so-called danger zone where an administration is at risk of an early demise -- as consumers struggle with the government's failure to come…READ FULL ARTICLE