Support for Japan PM Kishida's cabinet falls to lowest since 2021 -Kyodo poll

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida poses during a photo session with his new cabinet members at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan, September 13, 2023. Zhang Xiaoyu/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - Support for the cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has fallen to 32.3%, the lowest since it was formed in 2021, Kyodo News said on Sunday, based on its own opinion poll.

The figure was down 7.5 points from September's poll and was worse than the support of 33.1% for the cabinet at the end of last year, the agency said.