The survey found that 68.6% of respondents opposed a decision to appoint lawmakers involved in a slush fund scandal to key party or Cabinet posts.
The public approval rate for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet dropped 4.3 percentage points from the previous month to 44.1% in September, hitting the lowest level since she took office last October, a Jiji Press survey showed Thursday. According to the survey, conducted for four days through Monday, the proportion of respondents who did not support the Cabinet came to 29.3%, up 2.4 points.
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