Monday’s Yomiuri reported on the results of its nationwide public opinion survey conducted on Feb. 5-7,  which showed Cabinet support stood at 39%, the same from the previous survey conducted on Jan. 15-17. Nonsupport dropped by 5 points to 44%. In response to Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee President Mori’s controversial remarks about women, 91% said the remarks were problematic, with 63% saying they were “very” problematic….Read more

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has entrusted Minister in charge of Administrative Reform Taro Kono with overseeing the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines.   Over a year ago, when then-Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga was seeking a way out of a scandal surrounding then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cherry blossom viewing parties, he surprised his local supporters by declaring he would back Kono in….Read more

Monday’s Nikkei front-paged the results of its latest public opinion poll that put support for the Suga administration at 43%, up 1 point from a month ago, and nonsupport at 50%, up 2 points. Some 55% of the non-supporters cited Prime Minister Suga’s “lack of leadership.” Three out of five disapproved the GOJ’s handling of the coronavirus resurgence, with nearly….Read more

Sankei front-paged the results of its joint opinion poll conducted with the Fuji News Network on Jan. 23-24, in which 52.3% of respondents supported the Suga cabinet while 45% did not. The paper speculated that the public’s expectations for vaccination against COVID-19 were reflected in the survey results because 77.2% said they have positive expectations for the vaccines and 69.2%….Read more

Fuji TV reported at noon that it has resumed conducting its monthly joint opinion poll with Sankei Shimbun, eight months after it suspended the survey following the finding that the survey answers included data fabricated by a contractor. The network said the opinion poll conducted over the weekend found that public support for the Suga Cabinet was 52.3%, while the….Read more

Interviewed by Tatsuya Sato and Yuki Nikaido   Minister of Foreign Affairs Toshimitsu Motegi gave an interview to the Asahi Shimbun, where he expressed his hopes for an early foreign ministerial with the new U.S. administration under President Joe Biden. During the interview, he reiterated Japan’s intention to promote the free and open Indo-Pacific (FOIP) initiative, which Japan had proposed….Read more

Monday’s Asahi front-paged the results of its latest public opinion poll that put support for the Suga cabinet at 33%, down 6 points from four weeks ago, and nonsupport at 45%, up 10 points. Almost three out of four respondents said the premier has failed to exercise leadership in reining in the coronavirus resurgence, with 80% saying Suga’s decision to….Read more

Monday’s Yomiuri front-paged a report on the results of its opinion poll conducted from Jan. 15 to 17, which found that public support for the Suga Cabinet dropped 6 points from last month to 39% and nonsupport rose 6 points to 49%. This is reportedly the first time for the nonsupport rate to exceed the support rate under the Suga….Read more

On Sunday, Kyodo released the results of its latest public opinion survey that put support for Prime Minister Suga at 41.3 points, down 9 points from a month ago, and nonsupport at 42.8%, up 10 points. Some 45% said they disapproved of the premier on account of his “lack of leadership.” Almost 70% disapproved of the GOJ’s response to the….Read more