Abe Cabinet support rate rises to 55.4% after reshuffle: Kyodo poll

The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet stands at 55.4 percent, up 5.1 percentage points from the previous poll in August, after he reshuffled his government lineup and the leadership team of the Liberal Democratic Party, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.In the nationwide telephone poll conducted Wednesday and Thursday, 47.1 percent opposed amending the pacifist Constitution under the government of Abe, who reiterated his determination to do so following the leadership shake-up on Wednesday. It showed 38.8 percent supported his drive to revise the supreme law.Abe move…READ FULL ARTICLE