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Support rate for Noda cabinet drops to 47.1%

Politics Nov. 07, 2011 - 06:49AM JST ( 19 )

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some14someNov. 07, 2011 - 07:18AM JST

47.1% seems quite high, Noda is likely to survive Dec. 2011 ~ June 2012
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kansaifunNov. 07, 2011 - 07:20AM JST

...the beginning of the end of another unremarkable prime minister....
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YubaruNov. 07, 2011 - 07:26AM JST

Just about every PM gets decent approval ratings when they start, usually a bump from the people having hope that the new one will do better than the last one. But the quagmire that the government sits it makes it hard for anything or anyone to get things done and as head of the government he takes the hit.

Still 47% is not bad considering what his predecessors ratings were.
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soldaveNov. 07, 2011 - 08:30AM JST

Come July it will be back down to 20% or so.
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marcelitoNov. 07, 2011 - 08:49AM JST

I swear media can just cut and paste these PM opinion poll articles. Just fill in whatever the name is of the current 12 month PM wonder...Another groundhog day
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samwattersNov. 07, 2011 - 08:49AM JST

I think Noda has been rather steady during his brief tour as Prime Minister.
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YuriOtaniNov. 07, 2011 - 09:19AM JST

Don't know what he can be doing differently, people expect too much.
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marcelitoNov. 07, 2011 - 09:26AM JST

Agreed - J public expectations are way too unrealistic. Nothing changes overnight - particularly in Japan.
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zichiNov. 07, 2011 - 09:29AM JST

Does anyone actually believe useless opinion polls?
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Ted BarreraNov. 07, 2011 - 10:49AM JST

In Japan, leadership ratings dropping isn't news anymore. It's an expectation.
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smithinjapanNov. 07, 2011 - 11:29AM JST

zichi: "Does anyone actually believe useless opinion polls?"

Yes and no. No in that I don't think they generally reflect public opinion and are often of an extremely small sample. It also depends on how the poll is carried out; people who are upset about an issue are more likely to speak out on it (via a poll, not in public). But I feel that, yes, the polls do have relevance AFTER the fact because they are constantly reported and often SWAY public mood rather than the initial poll reflecting it.

In any case, my only point for those saying there's nothing much we could expect differently from Noda I felt the same thing applied to Kan; both had a lot of crap dumped on them from their predecessors. The key differences being Kan of course was left with a heap of public expectation to fulfill impossible promises by his fleeing predecessors, and Noda of course having to deal with the aftermath of the earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima, some of which was handled very poorly by Kan. In the end the fact that there wasn't much Kan could do at first didn't sway public ire in the end, and the fact there's not much Noda can do likely won't save him either.
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bass4funkNov. 07, 2011 - 11:35AM JST

Well, that didn't take that long, now did it?
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Ben_JackinoffNov. 07, 2011 - 11:36AM JST

Oops! Time for a new PM.
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mr_jgbNov. 07, 2011 - 03:13PM JST

Noda is quite good. He dares to tackle difficult issues honestly. Japan cannot hope for a better PM in current circumstances. Noda san good job!
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just-a-guyNov. 07, 2011 - 04:54PM JST

Yes, this is what it should be! Mr Noda has got to get out of stage as soon as possible maybe he will resign until new year eve and japan has to choose another PM! The Kan's faction appointed him being a 'puppet' and a hawkish pretender,he was unpopular,unproductive and unsensitive! The japanese politics was nothing representing the Japanese people but a deal of power sharing between the factions! Japan is just wasting their time and losing her oppurtunity in the past two decades and the future if the so called'democracy' keeep running this country! Multi party political system was just an 'obstacle' for a nation to advance forward! Japan, Greeece, Italy were the same subjected to be forgotton!
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BurakuminDesNov. 07, 2011 - 06:15PM JST

Will Noda see out the spring as PM? You'd be a brave gambler to put money on it! Bring back Kan!
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gonemadNov. 07, 2011 - 08:05PM JST

Doing a bit of extrapolation, it means we will see the next PM in April.
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issa1Nov. 08, 2011 - 06:33AM JST

I'm very impressed to see this data. Even after the stupidity done by the straw-man of the dpj - certainly among the 47% who support are zainichi korean and chinese living in japan. JUST GET OUT mr.no-da !!!
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PT24881Nov. 11, 2011 - 12:46AM JST

Not a call for destabilizing Japan-- It sounds Japan would be needing an " occupying....." movement to break the vicious spiral. It's become a joke started by the political class that gradually destroying itself while the majority of average Japanese are simply disinterested by the politics & the political class.

Who cares about the last, current & the future PM, 12 months or so in office on the average per govt will never be long enough to allow anyone implementing any workable policies ? Meantime, it does hurt Japan's image overseas given the absence of sustainable leaders in charge to build up strong relation with foreign gov'ts.