Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s popularity fills LDP sails; Opposition Centrist Reform Alliance struggles to gain support


Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi left, and Centrist Reform Alliance coleader Yoshihiko Noda. - Yomiuri Shimbun

TOKYO: The high approval ratings for Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Cabinet appear to be giving the Liberal Democratic Party momentum as it chases a single-party majority in the House of Representatives election, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey.

The newly formed main opposition Centrist Reform Alliance (CRA) has yet to see a bounce in its support, and will be scrambling to endear itself to more voters before next month’s election.

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