Approval rating for Japan's new Takaichi cabinet beats predecessors, Kyodo poll shows

Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo
Japanese lawmaker Sanae Takaichi speaks at a news conference to announce her running in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leadership race to succeed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Tokyo, Japan, September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Source: X01368

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo news agency poll showed on Wednesday.

Ishiba's initial approval rate was 50.7% while Kishida's was 55.7%, Kyodo said.

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