Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to the lowest level of his premiership, opinion polls showed Monday, after scandals and a historic defeat of his ruling party in Tokyo elections. Abe took power in December 2012 on the back of widespread frustration with the previous administration
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to the lowest level of his premiership, opinion polls showed Monday, after scandals and a historic defeat of his ruling party in Tokyo elections.
Abe took power in December 2012 on the back of widespread frustration with the previous administration’s handling of the March 2011 nuclear disaster and a faltering economy which he vowed to revive.
But his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) suffered a drubbing in a July 2 vote for Tokyo’s municipal assembly that media and analysts chalked up to a growing perception of «arrogance» on the part of his government.
The party lost more than half of its seats, with the result seen as a bellwether for national political sentiment.
