According to an NHK poll, 12% of respondents said they "support" the Kishida Cabinet, up 3 points from last December's survey, while 26% said they "do not support" it, down 2 points.

NHK Poll

Cabinet approval rating and support rate of each party in a time-series graph

For three days from January 1, NHK conducted a poll of people aged 12 and over nationwide using a method called "RDD," which calls landline and mobile phone numbers randomly generated by computers.

A total of 3,18 people were surveyed, and 2429,50 people, or 1212%, responded.

The number of respondents who said they "support" the Kishida Cabinet rose 12 points from last December's survey to 3%, while those who said they "do not support" fell 26 points to 2%.

When asked why they support the cabinet, 56% said it was better than other cabinets, 47% said it was the cabinet of the party they supported, and 25% said it was because their personality was trustworthy.

When asked why they did not support the policy, 16% said they did not have high expectations for the policy, 45% said they did not have the ability to implement it, and 29% said they did not trust their personality.

When asked whether they evaluate the government's response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake so far, 6% said they highly valued it, 49% said they appreciated it to some extent, 31% said they did not evaluate it very much, and 9% said they did not evaluate it at all.

In the Noto Peninsula earthquake, a maximum seismic intensity of 7 was observed, and seismic activity is still ongoing.

I asked them if they were prepared for an earthquake.

4% said they did enough, 40% said they did it somewhat, 42% said they didn't do much, and 13% said they didn't do it at all.

In response to the issue of factional political funding parties, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) set up a political reform headquarters and began to consider measures to prevent a recurrence.

I asked him if he thought this would restore public trust.

13% said they were "connected" and 78% said they were "not connected."

When asked whether they think it is necessary to revise the Political Funds Control Act and tighten the rules in response to this issue, 83% of respondents answered "Yes" and 9% said "There is no need."

I also asked about the nature of the LDP's factions.

5% of respondents said that the current system should remain as it is, 40% said that it should be reformed even if it is kept in place, and 49% said that it should be eliminated.

We asked the Kishida Cabinet about the issues that it should focus on the most.

31% of respondents said "wage increases and economic measures," 17% said "social security," 16% said "disaster countermeasures," 13% said "political reform," 11% said "diplomacy and security," and 4% said "constitutional reform."