The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has shrunk by 12 percentage points to 33 percent, down sharply from the level it reached ahead of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, the Mainichi newspaper reported Sunday, citing a poll conducted by the same government. the weekend.

The percentage of Japanese disapproving of her actions rose to 58% from 46% in the previous Mainichi survey in May, following a scandal involving the prime minister’s eldest son and a series of technical problems plaguing the new national ID system , the newspaper explained.

The approval rating of Fumio Kishida’s government was on the rise in the run-up to the Group of Seven summit, reaching its highest level since August 2022, and some analysts expected the prime minister to call early elections before the process. for the election of the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDK) in 2024.

Another poll, broadcast yesterday by the Kyodo news agency, showed that the percentage of citizens supporting Mr. Kishida’s government fell to 40.8 percent from 47 percent in May.