According to an NHK public opinion poll, the number of people who said they "support" the Kishida cabinet decreased by 1 point from the January survey to 25%, while the number of people who said they "did not support" increased by 2 points. It was 58%.

NHK public opinion poll

Time series graph of past and latest cabinet approval rates and support rates for each party

NHK conducted a public opinion poll for three days starting February 10th using a method called ``RDD'' targeting people aged 18 and over across the country by calling randomly generated landline and mobile phone numbers on a computer. .



The survey targeted 2,443 people, and responses were received from 1,215 people, or 50%.

The number of people who said they "support" the Kishida Cabinet was 25%, down 1 point from the January survey.



On the other hand, the number of people who answered "I do not support" increased by 2 points to 58%.



When asked why they support this cabinet, 51% said ``It looks better than other cabinets,'' 23% said ``Because it is the cabinet of the party I support,'' and 11% said ``Because I trust its personality.''



Among the reasons for not supporting him, 45% said ``I don't have high hopes for his policies,'' 27% said ``I don't have the ability to implement them,'' and 11% said ``I don't trust his personality.''

Regarding the issue surrounding the political funding parties of factions within the Liberal Democratic Party, it has come to light that several members of the Liberal Democratic Party did not record the income they received from their factions in their income and expenditure reports.



When asked whether they thought these legislators were fulfilling their accountability, 2% said they were, and 88% said they were not.

In an interim report by the Liberal Democratic Party's Political Reform Headquarters, the Liberal Democratic Party decided to increase the transparency of political funding and to completely separate factions from money and personnel matters.



When asked about this evaluation, 4% said they ``strongly appreciated'', 32% said ``somewhat,'' 29% said ``not very much,'' and 28% said ``not at all.''

When asked whether a ``correspondence system'' should be introduced in which not only the accounting officer but also members of the Diet would be held responsible in the event of accounting treatment that violates the Political Funds Control Act, 82% said ``it should be introduced.'' 9% said there is no need to introduce it.

When asked whether they evaluated Prime Minister Kishida's response to the issue of political funding parties organized by factions of the Liberal Democratic Party, 1% said they ``strongly appreciated'', 22% said ``somewhat,'' and 36% said ``not very high.'' 33% said they did not rate it at all.

Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Moriyama revealed that he attended a meeting of a group affiliated with the former Unification Church during the last House of Representatives election, but explained, ``I cannot confirm the fact that they requested support for the election or their activities.'' Masu.



When asked whether he thought Minister Moriyama was fulfilling his accountability, 5% said he was, and 84% said he was not.

When asked whether they rate the government's response to the Noto Peninsula earthquake so far, 7% said they ``strongly rate'' it, 48% said ``somewhat rate it,'' 28% said ``I don't really rate it,'' and 28% answered ``I don't rate it at all.'' 9% said “No”.