Japan PM Abe's support ratings rise above 60 percent


TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government rose to more than 60 percent in opinion polls, although voters were divided on his December visit to a Tokyo shrine seen by critics as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.

The support rose 7 percentage points from last month to 62 percent in a poll by the Yomiuri newspaper, while backing for the main opposition Democratic Party fell 2 points to 4 percent and was dwarfed by the 40 percent who backed Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party.

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