The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has risen 8.6 points since mid-July to 44.4 percent after he partially reshuffled his ministers, a Kyodo News poll showed Friday.The nationwide telephone survey conducted Thursday and Friday showed a turnaround in the approval rating, which last month sank to 35.8 percent, the lowest level since Abe commenced his second stint as premier in 2012. The rate fell following a series of scandals, including cronyism allegations against the premier.
In the survey, 45.5 percent of respondents said they positively view the latest Cabinet resh…READ FULL ARTICLE
