Japan: Kishinda’s popularity rises as citizens support measures against coronavirus

About two-thirds of voters in Japan support the government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, with citizens positively evaluating the measures taken by the government against the coronavirus.

Among them, the temporary closure of the border for new arrivals from abroad, as reported today, the financial newspaper Nikkei.

Support for the Kishinda government rose to 65%, up four percentage points from a previous poll a month ago, according to the same newspaper.

The latest poll was conducted from Friday to Sunday, with 61% of respondents positively assessing Kishida’s steps against the pandemic.

This is the highest rate since the newspaper began asking citizens about the government’s response to the coronavirus in February 2020.

Given the emergence of the Omicron variant worldwide, but also the high rates of its transmissibility, Kishida announced in late November that Japan has banned foreign tourists from entering for about a month.

Last week, the implementation of the measure was extended for the festive period of the New Year.

Kishinda took office in October, replacing Yoshihide Suga, who lost much of his popularity due to the spread of COVID-19.

Japan has identified several hundred new cases per day in recent weeks, but their number has dropped dramatically from more than 20,000 infections per day during the last outbreak in August.

SOURCE: AMPE

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Source From: Capital

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