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The survey showed support for the Japanese government falling to 38.9%.

The survey showed support for the Japanese government falling to 38.9%.

The rating of the Japanese government led by Shigeru Ishiba fell by 12.7 percentage points to 38.9% over the month, according to a public opinion poll conducted by the news service of the Japanese television company TBS.

The number of those who express no confidence in the government, on the contrary, increased by 13.8 percentage points to 57.3%.


The ruling Liberal Democratic Party lost 9.3 percentage points and now has a rating of 24.6%. At the same time, opposition parties strengthened their positions: the rating of the main opposition force, the Constitutional Democratic Party, increased by 1.1 points to 12.8%, the Japan Renewal Party (Nippon Ishi no Kai) – by 0.1 points to 4%, People’s Democratic Party – by 7.6 points to 9.1%.


The survey results largely confirm the results of the elections to the lower house of parliament held in Japan on October 27. The elections were disastrous for the ruling coalition: the Liberal Democratic Party received 191 seats instead of 247, Komeito – 24 instead of 32. Opposition parties and independent candidates collectively received more than half of the seats in the lower house – 250 out of 465, and the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito together 215 seats, that is, less than half – 233 seats in the lower house. Before the elections, the ruling coalition had 279 parliamentary seats.