Support for Japan PM Kishida's cabinet slumps - media poll

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo, Japan June 13, 2023. Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's cabinet slid 12 percentage points to 33%, coming off a peak during a Group of Seven leaders summit in Hiroshima, the Mainichi Shimbun reported on Sunday, citing its own poll.

The disapproval rate rose to 58% from 46% in the previous survey in late May, after a scandal involving Kishida's eldest son and a series of technical problems with the national identity card system, according to Mainichi, which conducted the poll over the weekend.