An article in the Wall Street Journal’s ‘Japan Real Time’ blog talks of a poll showing voting intentions for the July upper house elections have Abe’s party way out in front at 45% support. Interestingly, the reasons for such strong support show 50% of the support is because of his economic policies:
Breaking down the reasons for the prime minister’s support, it showed 50% backed him for his economic policies, but only 14% for his stance on diplomacy and security issues, and a mere 6% for his constitutional views.
Once the G20 meeting later this week is out of the way, expect a new round of rhetoric along the lines of fighting deflation (and weakening yen).
