“I wonder why the Kishida Cabinet’s approval rating hasn’t improved.” Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura evaluates policies: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web

“I wonder why the approval ratings haven’t improved.”

At a press conference on the 20th, Keidanren Chairman Masakazu Tokura was asked why the Kishida Cabinet’s approval rating was in the low 20% range, and he answered, “Each of the measures is doing a good thing.Defense, GX, etc.” “We think it’s a sound policy, including (decarbonization), nuclear power, and a complete escape from deflation,” he said, questioning the extremely low approval rating.

In a policy evaluation of each political party released in October, Keidanren gave the Kishida administration’s ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, its highest rating of “highly rated” and approved it as a target for political donations.

Chairman Tokura also cited the fact that LDP executives are wondering, “What more should we do?” and said, “I think there should be a way to communicate the big story so that the people understand.” Ta. At the end, he asked the reporters, “Even though we have achieved results in diplomacy, what is it that doesn’t show up in the numbers? I would rather ask you all.” (Yasu Kuhara)