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The approval ratings of Japan’s Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga plummeted when the bad news broke.
<교도통신>According to the results of the public opinion poll published on the 6th (conducted on the 5th and 6th), Suga’s cabinet approval rating reached 50.3%, a whopping 12.7 percentage points from the poll from 14 to 15 last month. Additionally, the percentage of people who responded that Sue did not support the cabinet rose 13.6 percentage points to 32.8%.
In addition to the spread of the new coronavirus (Corona 19) in Japan, suspicions surrounding the so-called “ cherry blossom gathering ” of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appear to have negatively affected Suga’s cabinet.
In this survey, 55.5% said that the Japanese government’s response to Corona 19 was evaluated negatively, much more than 37.1% said positively. There were more positive reviews last month, but it was completely reversed.
In particular, Prime Minister Suga announced that 48.1% of all respondents should temporarily suspend the “Go Travel” campaign, which supports national travel expenses with the government budget to revitalize the tourism industry.
In Japan, concern about the infection is spreading as more than 2,000 new confirmed cases appear per day in a row for six days in a row, but Prime Minister Suga is not giving up on his main policy, the “Go To Travel” campaign.
However, when asked whether to prioritize the spread of infection or economic activities in this survey, 76.2% of respondents chose to prevent the spread of infection.
29.0% of respondents said they should cancel the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, which are scheduled for July next year due to the Corona 19 incident, and 32.2% said they should postpone more, with a total 61.2% opposing the celebration as scheduled.
In addition, it was found that the Japanese also required a thorough investigation into the suspicion that former Prime Minister Abe provided entertainment by paying part of the cost of the eve event from local residents who participated in the ‘cherry blossom viewing meeting’ ” during his tenure.
“I can’t agree to explain Abe’s suspicion of Abe’s ‘Cherry Blossom Reunion'” overwhelming
57.4% of those polled said the Japanese government should re-examine the suspicions of former Prime Minister Abe, overwhelmed by 38.4% of those polled saying that it is not necessary to do so.
Additionally, 77.4% of those surveyed said they did not accept former Prime Minister Abe’s clarification on this suspicion, and 60.5% said former Prime Minister Abe should attend the National Assembly to clarify.
Former Prime Minister Abe said he had not paid for the event in the past, but the prosecution’s investigation revealed that this was not true.
Earlier, Prime Minister Suga said: “It is natural for me to take responsibility for what I replied (regarding former Prime Minister Abe) in the National Assembly.”
