The approval rating for the reshuffled Cabinet led by Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stood at only 37 percent, down from 42 percent in a December survey, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey has found.
In the nationwide telephone survey conducted from Friday through Saturday, 51 percent disapproved of Noda's reshuffled Cabinet, up seven percentage points from the previous survey conducted Dec. 10-11.
It is the first time the disapproval rating for Noda's Cabinet has exceeded 50 percent, and the second month in a row in which the negative rating has exceeded the approval rating, indicating a possibly irreversible slide. (Yomiuri)
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