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UPDATE1: Support rate for new Cabinet of Noda comes to 62.8%
TOKYO, Sept. 3 Kyodo -
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The initial support rate for the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stands at 62.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Saturday, reflecting public expectations for the fresh administration intended to achieve unity of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
The figure represents a sharp increase from the approval rate of 15.8 percent for the Cabinet of his predecessor Naoto Kan in late August. The support rating for the Kan Cabinet when it was launched in June last year was 61.5 percent.
Among nine Cabinets in Japan since the one led by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi formed in 1998, the Noda Cabinet garnered the fourth-highest support rate.
The approval rate for the DPJ came to 27.2 percent, exceeding 23.6 percent for the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, while 35.7 percent said they do not support any party. In an August survey, the DPJ garnered backing from 19.3 percent, compared with 23.3 percent approval for the LDP.
The support rating for the ruling party lags behind the 47.6 percent and 43.8 percent logged when the Cabinets led by Noda's predecessors Yukio Hatoyama and Kan were launched respectively. The Hatoyama administration was launched in September 2009.
In a telephone poll conducted Friday and Saturday to which 1,014 people across Japan responded, 18.1 percent of the respondents said they do not support the Noda Cabinet.
Of those who said they back the new government, 32.2 percent said they do so because ''no other people seem right'' for the Cabinet posts, while 30.0 percent said they ''trust the premier,'' who is calling for unity of the DPJ and dialogue with the opposition camp with a humble approach.
The respondents were split over the appointment of Azuma Koshiishi, a close ally of party power broker Ichiro Ozawa, to the DPJ's No. 2 post of secretary general, with 45.1 percent in favor and 41.2 percent opposed.
Noda picked Koshiishi in an apparent effort to head off a rift between party members who are close to or distant from Ozawa and restore party unity.
The survey found that 77.3 percent want the DPJ to keep intact the suspension of Ozawa's party membership, which was imposed earlier this year following the DPJ heavyweight's indictment over a political funds scandal, while 15.9 percent responded that the suspension should be lifted.
The respondents were also divided over a possible increase in the consumption tax from the current 5 percent, with 49.7 percent saying they favor or generally favor the idea, against 47.0 percent who are opposed or generally opposed to it.
Noda, who became Japan's new prime minister on Friday, is seen as a supporter of tax hikes to combat Japan's ballooning debt, currently twice the size of the country's gross domestic product, and to finance huge costs for the reconstruction of areas in northeastern Japan devastated by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The premier plans to inherit the policy of Kan to raise the tax rate in stages to 10 percent by the mid-2010s.
The survey showed 58.7 percent of respondents approve or generally approve of provisionally raising some taxes to secure funds for disaster reconstruction, versus 38.3 percent who are opposed or generally opposed to such tax hikes.
On a possible grand coalition between the DPJ and main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, 40.1 percent responded that they support the move, compared with 46.5 percent who said they are opposed.
In a multiple-choice question about priority issues that should be tackled by the Noda Cabinet, 70.2 percent pointed to reconstruction work following the March 11 disaster, followed by 35.0 percent who cited measures to boost the nation's economy and create jobs, and 31.0 percent who specified a review of Japan's nuclear energy policy.
As for the timing of the next general election, 41.0 percent said it is desirable to hold a poll in 2013, when the current four-year term of House of Representatives members expires, and 27.6 percent said it should be called next year or later, indicating people's preference not to hold an election soon.
(EDS: ADDING INFO, BACKGROUND)
The initial support rate for the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda stands at 62.8 percent, a Kyodo News poll showed Saturday, reflecting public expectations for the fresh administration intended to achieve unity of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan.
The figure represents a sharp increase from the approval rate of 15.8 percent for the Cabinet of his predecessor Naoto Kan in late August. The support rating for the Kan Cabinet when it was launched in June last year was 61.5 percent.
Among nine Cabinets in Japan since the one led by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi formed in 1998, the Noda Cabinet garnered the fourth-highest support rate.
The approval rate for the DPJ came to 27.2 percent, exceeding 23.6 percent for the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, while 35.7 percent said they do not support any party. In an August survey, the DPJ garnered backing from 19.3 percent, compared with 23.3 percent approval for the LDP.
The support rating for the ruling party lags behind the 47.6 percent and 43.8 percent logged when the Cabinets led by Noda's predecessors Yukio Hatoyama and Kan were launched respectively. The Hatoyama administration was launched in September 2009.
In a telephone poll conducted Friday and Saturday to which 1,014 people across Japan responded, 18.1 percent of the respondents said they do not support the Noda Cabinet.
Of those who said they back the new government, 32.2 percent said they do so because ''no other people seem right'' for the Cabinet posts, while 30.0 percent said they ''trust the premier,'' who is calling for unity of the DPJ and dialogue with the opposition camp with a humble approach.
The respondents were split over the appointment of Azuma Koshiishi, a close ally of party power broker Ichiro Ozawa, to the DPJ's No. 2 post of secretary general, with 45.1 percent in favor and 41.2 percent opposed.
Noda picked Koshiishi in an apparent effort to head off a rift between party members who are close to or distant from Ozawa and restore party unity.
The survey found that 77.3 percent want the DPJ to keep intact the suspension of Ozawa's party membership, which was imposed earlier this year following the DPJ heavyweight's indictment over a political funds scandal, while 15.9 percent responded that the suspension should be lifted.
The respondents were also divided over a possible increase in the consumption tax from the current 5 percent, with 49.7 percent saying they favor or generally favor the idea, against 47.0 percent who are opposed or generally opposed to it.
Noda, who became Japan's new prime minister on Friday, is seen as a supporter of tax hikes to combat Japan's ballooning debt, currently twice the size of the country's gross domestic product, and to finance huge costs for the reconstruction of areas in northeastern Japan devastated by March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The premier plans to inherit the policy of Kan to raise the tax rate in stages to 10 percent by the mid-2010s.
The survey showed 58.7 percent of respondents approve or generally approve of provisionally raising some taxes to secure funds for disaster reconstruction, versus 38.3 percent who are opposed or generally opposed to such tax hikes.
On a possible grand coalition between the DPJ and main opposition Liberal Democratic Party, 40.1 percent responded that they support the move, compared with 46.5 percent who said they are opposed.
In a multiple-choice question about priority issues that should be tackled by the Noda Cabinet, 70.2 percent pointed to reconstruction work following the March 11 disaster, followed by 35.0 percent who cited measures to boost the nation's economy and create jobs, and 31.0 percent who specified a review of Japan's nuclear energy policy.
As for the timing of the next general election, 41.0 percent said it is desirable to hold a poll in 2013, when the current four-year term of House of Representatives members expires, and 27.6 percent said it should be called next year or later, indicating people's preference not to hold an election soon.
