PNN – The popularity of the Japanese government, still affected by the financial scandal, has reached 22.2%, the lowest rate in recent months, and more than 35% of Japanese voters want the immediate dismissal of the prime minister.
According to the report of Pakistan News Network, Kyodo news agency added: A survey conducted by this media throughout Japan for two days shows that the “popularity” of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government, which was 24.2% last May, continues to decline and has now reached 22.2% with a drop of 2%.
At the same time, the level of “unpopularity” of Kishida’s government in this survey reached 62.4%, while 36.6% of Japanese participants eligible to vote in this survey demanded Kishida’s immediate resignation from the position of prime minister.
According to this survey, only 10.4 percent of people want Kishida to win and be the head of the ruling party in the September elections.
Support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party led by Kishida was only 26.5% in this survey, which shows an increase of only 1.8% compared to the previous survey.
Kyodo News Agency’s survey was conducted randomly from 512 households and 2,624 mobile phone numbers, of which 431 households and 625 phone owners responded.
The financial scandal started the decline in popularity of the Kishida government in Japan
Following the release of reports of a financial scandal in the Kishida cabinet, the stability of the Japanese government has been thrown into doubt due to declining public support in the country.
The corruption scandal and its impact on the stability of the Japanese government not only severely reduced Fumio Kishida’s popularity, but also potentially affected his ability to stay in power, as four senior members of Kishida’s cabinet were removed from the ruling Liberal Party after the scandal broke.
Kyodo news agency reported that the level of support for the Japanese Prime Minister’s government decreased by 2.8 percent to 24.5 percent in a survey conducted at that time.
Background
Following the discovery of financial corruption, in late 2023, Tokyo Public Prosecutor’s Office investigators raided the offices of the two factions of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party. The party was previously led by late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The political faction was believed to have funded its members by failing to report income from political fundraising over a five-year period through 2022, according to financial investigators.
The Abe faction and Toshihiro Nikai, the party’s former general secretary, appeared to have created a large financial fund, with each faction having 500 million yen ($3.5 million) and 100 million yen respectively.
By law in Japan, political funds must report donations worth more than ¥200,000, listing the names and amounts raised.