Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba listens to questions during the Diet's upper house's budget committee March 21. He said he is willing to spend more time explaining the gift voucher scandal if given more opportunities. (Photo by Uichiro Kasai)
NAOYA TAKAHASHI
TOKYO -- The approval rating of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet slid to 35% in the latest Nikkei/TV Tokyo poll, down 5 percentage points from the February survey to reach the lowest since he took office in October.
The disapproval rating rose 7 percentage points to 59%, its highest yet.