October 30, 2016

"The support rate in Japan for the Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped in nationwide poll amid issues pertaining to a possible extension to Abe's term and a new mission for the Self-Defense Forces, local media reported Sunday.

According to a nationwide telephone survey conducted by Kyodo News on Saturday and Sunday, the approval rating of Abe's Cabinet stood at 53.9 percent, dropping from 55.7 percent in a poll taken in September, while the disapproval rate jumped 3.2 points to 33.2 percent.

Of concern to the public, according to the survey, was a potential extension in Abe's leadership of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), with the LDP looking to possibly change its rules to allow Abe's presidency to run for a third successive, three-year term, meaning the extension of his role as prime minister."

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