Despite Some Foreign Policy Success, Japan’s Abe Faces Problems at Home

Despite Some Foreign Policy Success, Japan’s Abe Faces Problems at Home

TOKYO -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to Tokyo Saturday from what he described as a "very satisfying" debut at the Group of Eight summit in Germany.

Yet despite being quick to claim some personal success in steering international discussions on subjects including climate change, he returns to another in a series of polls showing support for his cabinet has plummeted in recent weeks.

A survey by the Yomiuri Shimbun published Friday (June 8) showed Abe cabinet's approval rating had sunk to 32.9 percent -- a 17 percent drop from a poll conducted by the same newspaper less than three weeks earlier.

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