Support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has remained steady, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun opinion poll, while 62 percent of respondents said they do not support the recent passage of legislation allowing for the introduction of integrated resorts with casinos in Japan.
According to the poll, which was conducted on Saturday and Sunday, 45 percent of respondents said they supported the Abe Cabinet, unchanged from the previous survey conducted June 15-17. Forty-five percent of respondents did not support the Cabinet, up one percentage point from the previous survey.
Support for the Cabinet increased in the previous two opinion polls conducted in June and May 18-20, but was unchanged in the latest survey.
The survey also revealed 67 percent of respondents did not support the recent passage of the revised Public Offices Election Law that added six seats to the House of Councillors and introduced a "special quota" for candidates who can be elected preferentially in part of the proportional representation system. The Diet votes on this law and the integrated resort law were held amid fierce resistance from many opposition parties. Fifty-nine percent of respondents said this process "was not appropriate."
Public opinion was split on the government's response to torrential rain that devastated parts of western Japan this month. Forty-three percent highly evaluated the government's response, but 45 percent said they did not.
Support for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party was 41 percent, up from 38 percent in the previous poll. Support for the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan increased from 6 percent last month to 8 percent. Forty-one percent of respondents said they did not support any particular political party, down from 44 percent.
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