According to NHK's opinion poll, the number of people who "supported" the Suga Cabinet was 35%, down 9 points from last month, the lowest since the Cabinet was established in September last year.

NHK conducted a poll for three days from the 7th of this month using a method called "RDD" that calls fixed-line and mobile phone numbers randomly generated by computers for people aged 18 and over nationwide.


The number of people surveyed was 2092, and 60%, or 1248, responded.



The number of people who answered that they "supported" the Suga Cabinet was 35%, down 9 points from last month, the lowest since the Cabinet was established in September last year.



On the other hand, 43% of the respondents answered that they did not support it, up 5 points, and disapproval exceeded support.



As for the reasons for support, 44% said "it looks better than other cabinets", 23% said "because it is the cabinet of the political party that supports it", and 19% said "because the personality is reliable".



The reasons for disagreement were "I can't expect the policy" (40%), "I don't have the ability to execute" (39%), and "I can't trust my personality" (9%).

We asked him how much he felt anxious about being infected with the new coronavirus.



43% said they "feel a lot" and "feel a certain amount", 8% said they didn't feel much, and 2% said they didn't feel at all.

Regarding the government's response to the new coronavirus, 4% answered "highly evaluate", 29% answered "somewhat evaluate", 44% answered "not very evaluated", and 19% answered "not evaluated at all". ..

When asked how uneasy they were about the spread of infection with the mutant virus, 54% said they felt "greatly", 34% said they felt "somewhat", 7% said they did not feel much, and "at all". "I don't feel it" was 2%.

The government has decided to extend the state of emergency for four prefectures, including Tokyo, until the end of this month by adding to Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures.



When asked how effective they were in preventing the spread of infection, 11% said they had "great", 45% said they had "somewhat", 32% said they did not have much, and 7% said they did not have any.

Prime Minister Suga has indicated that he will work to complete vaccination of the elderly with the end of July in mind.



When asked if they think the progress of inoculation is going well or slow, 9% said it was going well and 82% said it was slow.

When asked if there was a change in household income due to the spread of the infection, 21% answered "decreased", 73% answered "no change", and 2% answered "increased".

The IOC = International Olympic Committee and others will decide next month on the number of spectators for the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics.



When asked what kind of form they think it should be held, 2% said they would do it as before, 19% said they would do it with a limited number of spectators, and 23% said they would do it without spectators. , "Cancel" was 49%.