According to the latest Nikkei opinion poll, the approval rating of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet has declined to 48% on growing public skepticism over the expansion of Japan’s military role and nuclear energy policy,

  • dropped 5% from the previous survey
  • Below 50% for the first time since Abe took office in December 2012

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