Published monthly by JMA. Updated to the month of December 2019 (published on December 24, 2019).
Recent data trend
The last two months saw a sharp decline in the approval rate for Prime Minister (PM) Abe. According to our trimmed average measure, his approval rate fell from 53% in October 2019 to 45% in December 2019. His disapproval rate went up from 34% to 40% in the same period. In two of the seven media polls we follow, the disapproval rate for PM Abe rose above the approval rate for him.
A few scandals hit the Abe cabinet since late October. Since mid-October, two of his cabinet ministers were fo... To read more, please become a our Standard subscriber. If you are already a JMA subscriber please login