Japan's Suga jumps in popularity, tops favourability poll for next PM
2020-09-04 11:19:45 source：Reuters
September 4, 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga is now the most preferred candidate among the public to become the next prime minister, surging in popularity after he entered his party’s leadership race, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed on Friday.
The survey highlights the growing momentum for Suga, the government’s chief spokesman, who emerged as the front-runner to replace Prime Minister Shinzo Abe this week after securing the backing of several of his party’s key factions.
Suga has 38% of the public’s support, ahead of 25% for former Defence Minister Shigeru Ishiba who had previously led several media opinion polls. Fumio Kishida, the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s policy chief, came in last with 5%.
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