Japan public approval for PM Kishida's cabinet rises to near 50% -media
FILE PHOTO: Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine March 21, 2023. Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Handout via REUTERS
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese public support for the cabinet of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida rose to 48%, exceeding the disapproval rate for the first time in seven months, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday, citing a poll it conducted with TV Tokyo.
The approval rate increased 5 percentage points from the poll in February, while the disapproval rate slid to 44%, the newspaper said.
(Reporting by Rocky Swift; Editing by Tom Hogue)
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