Japan's latest polls show that Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's cabinet approval rating has dropped to 67.5%. Most interviewees believe that the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations triggered by Takaichi Sanae's remarks about Taiwan will have a negative impact on the Japanese economy. Furthermore, 75.8% of respondents who did not support the cabinet thought Takaichi “made a careless statement.” According to the results of a nationwide telephone poll conducted by Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 20th and 21st, the approval rating for the cabinet fell 2.4 percentage points to 67.5% compared to the November survey results, and the disapproval rate rose 3.9 percentage points to 20.4%. Many Japanese people interviewed expressed particular concern about the economy. The Japanese government's 2025 supplementary budget was approved by the Senate of the Diet on the 16th. Compared with the previous year, the scale was increased by more than 30%. It is known as the largest supplementary budget after the pandemic. To fill the funding gap of more than 60% of this budget, the Japanese government plans to issue 11.7 trillion yen of new treasury bonds. In response, 64.6% of respondents said that the practices of the Takashi Cabinet made people even more concerned about Japan's financial health. When asked if Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan would have a negative impact on the Japanese economy, including “tendencies,” 59.9% of respondents said “they will have a negative impact.”

Zhitongcaijing · 2d ago
Japan's latest polls show that Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's cabinet approval rating has dropped to 67.5%. Most interviewees believe that the deterioration of Sino-Japanese relations triggered by Takaichi Sanae's remarks about Taiwan will have a negative impact on the Japanese economy. Furthermore, 75.8% of respondents who did not support the cabinet thought Takaichi “made a careless statement.” According to the results of a nationwide telephone poll conducted by Japan's Kyodo News Agency on the 20th and 21st, the approval rating for the cabinet fell 2.4 percentage points to 67.5% compared to the November survey results, and the disapproval rate rose 3.9 percentage points to 20.4%. Many Japanese people interviewed expressed particular concern about the economy. The Japanese government's 2025 supplementary budget was approved by the Senate of the Diet on the 16th. Compared with the previous year, the scale was increased by more than 30%. It is known as the largest supplementary budget after the pandemic. To fill the funding gap of more than 60% of this budget, the Japanese government plans to issue 11.7 trillion yen of new treasury bonds. In response, 64.6% of respondents said that the practices of the Takashi Cabinet made people even more concerned about Japan's financial health. When asked if Takaichi's remarks about Taiwan would have a negative impact on the Japanese economy, including “tendencies,” 59.9% of respondents said “they will have a negative impact.”