My Number and Fukushima concerns push Kishida Cabinet support rate down

The approval score for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Cupboard continued to slip to round 34%, a Kyodo Information ballot confirmed Sunday, as the federal government grapples with the trouble-plagued nationwide identification card system and issues related to Fukushima nuclear catastrophe cleanup efforts.

The assist score dropped to 34.3% from 40.8% within the earlier ballot in mid-June, whereas the disapproval score elevated to 48.6% from 41.6%, in accordance with the three-day nationwide phone survey carried out from Friday.

As the federal government prepares to discharge handled radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1. nuclear energy plant into the Pacific Ocean, 80.3% of respondents mentioned they felt the reason offered by the federal government on the problem was inadequate.