Abe Cabinet approval rating rises to 41.8%: Jiji survey

September 15, 2017

TOKYO- Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's cabinet rose 5.2 percentage points from August to 41.8 percent this month, outpacing disapproval for the first time in three months, a Jiji Press poll showed on Friday.

The disapproval rating plunged 7.4 points to 36.7 percent. Jiji Press