Japan PM's support at lowest ever as nation heads for election


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Nov 2014

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a news conference at his official residence in Tokyo November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is at its lowest since he took office and more than a third of voters think his economic policies have failed, a survey showed on Friday, the day he is set to dissolve parliament and call a snap election.

But more voters still say they will vote for Abe, who came to power in December 2012 when his Liberal Democratic Party trounced the then-ruling Democratic Party of Japan in an election, than for the opposition.

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