Reporter Zhao Shifeng.
According to the results of a survey conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and TV Tokyo from November 24 to 26, the approval rating of Fumio Kishida's cabinet fell by 3 percentage points from October to 30, hitting a new low since he took office in October 2021The proportion of "not supportive" rose by 3 percentage points to 62.
On the morning of the 6th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida entered the official residence.
The approval rating of the Kishida cabinet has fallen below 30% for five consecutive months. According to the practice of Japanese political circles, less than 30% indicates that the regime has entered "dangerous waters", and below 20% has entered "** waters". In Japan's major surveys, the data of Kyodo, NHK, and "Sankei Shimbun" are all below 30%, and the Yomiuri Shimbun, which is similar to the concept of the Liberal Democratic Party, is 24%, a sharp drop of 10 percentage points from the previous month, and the data of "Mainichi Shimbun" is only 21%. In such a grim situation, it is not surprising that the Liberal Democratic Party has reported that party bigwigs such as Vice President Taro Aso are ready to abandon Kishida. Japan** also broke the news that Kishida may resign as soon as this month and as soon as March next year.
A few days ago, the Japan Smart News ** Research Institute asked respondents about the favorability of a total of nine prime ministers since Junichiro Koizumi, who stepped down in 2006, and the results showed that Kishida only scored 42 points, the sixth of the nine prime ministers. Junichiro Koizumi to 66 points are in the first place, and the second and third places are Suga and ** Shinzo, respectively, both with 54 points.
Deputy President of the Liberal Democratic Party Taro Aso (data map).
Yukio Maeda, a professor at the University of Tokyo, pointed out that Kishida has a high favorability among traditional ** elderly audiences such as newspapers and television, which is 45 points, but it scored lower among respondents who primarily use social** at 36 points. Yukio Maeda believes that Kishida has more negative information on social ** than former prime ministers such as Shinzo, especially the recent posts such as "tax increase glasses" that satirized Kishida because of his dissatisfaction with the tax increase measure.
A Kyodo News survey also showed that support for the Kishida cabinet among young people is particularly low, with only 10 among 18 to 29-year-olds3% and 18 for those aged 30 to 391%。This is also evidenced by the street follow-up of *. Most of the young people interviewed on the streets of Shibuya, Tokyo, have a "non-supportive" attitude towards Kishida, saying that they "don't know what he wants to do", have no good impression of his tax increase policy, and criticize Japan's ** giving money to low-income people just for show, and there are more and more people who are financially embarrassed in the past two years, but MPs are raising their salaries.
Tatsushi Shiotani, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's "**faction".
The recent political scandals have also further lowered the approval ratings of Kishida's cabinet. Japan's **3** road, the largest faction of the Liberal Democratic Party, the "** faction", exposed a secret political funding scandal. Japanese media quoted sources as saying that the "* faction" issued sales targets to its members of parliament, asking them to pay 20,000 yen (about 977.) per sheet44 yuan). If the sales target is exceeded, the extra funds will have the opportunity to be returned to the councillors as their additional income.
According to sources, for at least the past five years, the "* faction" has not recorded the above-mentioned income and expenditure in accordance with relevant regulations, and the cumulative total amount of the secret fund is about 100 million yen (about 488.).550,000 RMB). More than 10 members of the faction are suspected of receiving kickbacks, and there are even many who may have received kickbacks of more than 10 million yen (about 48.).RMB 8.69 million). The Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors' Office believes that this move is suspected of violating the Political Funds Regulation Act, and plans to launch an in-depth investigation into dozens of LDP lawmakers after the conclusion of the Diet on the 13th.
At the same time, other factions of the LDP are suspected of similar practices. A university professor reported that various factions of the Liberal Democratic Party concealed at least 40 million yen (about 195.) between 2018 and 20214.48 million yuan) political fund income. According to an NHK TV investigation, in 2022 alone, the political fund income of the five major factions of the Liberal Democratic Party was underreported by at least 6.06 million yen (about 29.).610,000 RMB). On the 2nd of this month, when asked if the "Kishida faction" had secret funds, Kishida replied: "I haven't heard of it."
On November 13, Japan's Vice Minister of Finance Kenji Kanda resigned and apologized in the face of **.
The continuous "thunderstorming" of Kishida's cabinet also raises questions about Kishida's leadership. Recently, Taro Yamada, the political secretary of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, was exposed to an extramarital affair, Vice Minister of Justice Kakisawa was exposed to spend money to buy votes, Vice Minister of Finance Kenji Kanda was exposed to tax evasion, and the Minister of Defense Shingo Miyake was exposed to sexually harassing a female secretary.
In view of this, Japan** has launched a "list of candidates for the next prime minister". According to a poll conducted by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun and TV Tokyo, former LDP Secretary-General Shigeru Ishiba ranks first with 16 votes, followed by former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's second son and former Minister of the Environment Shinjiro Koizumi (15), and in third place is Taro Kono, the current Minister in charge of digitalization (13), while Fumio Kishida ranks sixth with only 4 supportAmong LDP supporters, Taro Kono ranks first in terms of support, Shinjiro Koizumi and Shigeru Ishiba are tied for second with the same support, and Kishida is in fifth.
The Japanese people oppose raising taxes in order to increase defense spending. The photo shows people in front of the Oita sub-station of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force**.
Although Kishida has launched a package of new economic measures to save his approval ratings, promising to cut taxes, send money, and fight the economy, the Japanese people do not seem to buy it. According to the results of a nationwide** survey conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun on November 18 and 19, 55% of respondents said they wanted Kishida to resign soon, 28% said they wanted Kishida to remain in office until the end of the LDP's term as president next September, and only 8% wanted Kishida's term to be extended as much as possible. There are all kinds of indications that there is already an undercurrent of "overthrowing Kishida" within the LDP, and perhaps it is only a matter of time before it actually takes action.
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