US EditionApproval Rating for Japan’s New Takaichi Cabinet Beats Predecessors, Kyodo Poll Shows
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Approval rating for Japan’s new Takaichi cabinet beats predecessors, Kyodo poll shows
TOKYO (Reuters) -The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s cabinet stands at 64.4%, higher than the initial ratings of her predecessors Shigeru Ishiba and Fumio Kishida, a Kyodo news agency poll showed on Wednesday. Ishiba’s initial approval rate was 50.7% while Kishida’s was 55.7%, Kyodo said. (Reporting by Satoshi Sugiyama and Kiyoshi Takenaka)
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The new administration of Sanae Takaichi was inaugurated on the 21st. The prefecture is growing increasingly wary of the cabinet appointments, which emphasize strengthening defense capabilities. With confusion even within the LDP and the Japan Restoration Party over the hastily formed coalition, it is unclear what Okinawa policy, including economic development, will entail.
[Kyodo News, Seoul] In response to the election of LDP President Sanae Takaichi as Prime Minister on the 21st, a spokesperson for the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "We will communicate closely with Japan's new cabinet and cooperate to maintain the positive trend in Korea-Japan relations." Takaichi is also described as "far-right" in South Korea.
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