(Angus Reid Global Scan) – More adults in Japan are expressing satisfaction with their government, according to a poll by Kyodo News. 49.6 per cent of respondents approve of the cabinet headed by prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, up 2.4 points since April.
(Angus Reid Global Scan) – More adults in Japan are expressing satisfaction with their government, according to a poll by Kyodo News. 49.6 per cent of respondents approve of the cabinet headed by prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, up 2.4 points since April.
Koizumi has served as Japan’s head of government since April 2001. In the September 2005 House of Representatives ballot, his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) elected 296 lawmakers to the 480-seat lower house. The electoral victory allowed Koizumi to go ahead with the privatization of Japan Post. In 2003, Koizumi was re-elected as LDP president. The prime minister is expected to officially retire in September.
Russia will host the 2006 G-8 summit in Saint Petersburg. Earlier this month, government sources revealed that Koizumi plans to introduce new environmentally-friendly technology to reduce gas emissions from coal burning. The Japanese prime minister is also expected to call on other world leaders to adopt Japan’s “top-runner system”, which sets the most energy-efficient products as the standards for their respective industries.
Polling Data
Do you approve or disapprove of Junichiro Koizumi’s cabinet?
May 2006 | Apr. 2006 | |
Approve | 49.6% | 47.2% |
Disapprove | 37.6% | 39.9% |
Source: Kyodo News
Methodology: Interviews to 1,025 Japanese adults, conducted on May 13 and May 14, 2006. No margin of error was provided.
