The approval rating for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cabinet continued to slide to around 34%, a Kyodo News poll showed Sunday, as the government grapples with the trouble-plagued national identification card system and concerns associated with Fukushima nuclear disaster cleanup efforts.
The support rating dropped to 34.3% from 40.8% in the previous poll in mid-June, while the disapproval rating increased to 48.6% from 41.6%, according to the three-day nationwide telephone survey conducted from Friday.
As the government prepares to discharge treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1. nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, 80.3% of respondents said they felt the explanation provided by the government on the issue was insufficient.
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