Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s approval rating remained stable at 75% according to the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll, maintaining the level of 70% for the third consecutive month since the government was formed.
Disapproval stood at 18%, the same level as in the previous survey in November.
As for the Bank of Japan’s decision last week to raise its key interest rate to 0.75 percent, the highest in 30 years, 55 percent of respondents nationwide said they approved of the measure, surpassing the 26 percent who disapproved.
Asked about their policy priorities, controlling inflation was the most common answer among respondents, at 50%, followed by foreign affairs and security, at 31%.
Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party had an approval rating of 37 percent, down 4 percentage points from the previous poll in late November, while support for its coalition partner, the Japan Innovation Party, rose 2 percentage points to 7 percent.
Among opposition parties, support for the People’s Democratic Party increased to 9%, up from 6%; the center-left Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan rose 1 percentage point, to 7 percent; and the right-wing populist Sanseito Party fell 2 percentage points to 5 percent.
The survey was conducted by Nikkei Research from Friday to Sunday, using random digit dialing of telephone numbers for men and women aged 18 and over across Japan, including calls to cell phones. The survey received 916 responses, representing a response rate of 40.1%.
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