POLLS The support rating for Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda’s Cabinet stood at 57 percent in a recent Mainichi poll, the fifth highest inaugural rating for a premier since the newspaper began carrying out the surveys in 1949. [MSN MAINICHI]

POLLS A majority of the public want the next prime minister to dissolve the House of Representatives for a snap general election, according to a Mainichi Shimbun poll. [MSN MAINICHI]

POLLS Seventy percent of voters described Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Wednesday resignation, only two days after he delivered a policy speech in the Diet, as “irresponsible” according to an Asahi Shimbun survey. [ASAHI]

POLLS The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has edged up slightly to 29 percent, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. [YOMIURI]

POLLS The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet following the reshuffle Monday surged 12.5 percentage points from 31.7 percent in the July 30-31 survey shortly after the House of Councillors election to 44.2 percent, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. [YOMIURI]

POLLS 36% want the Democratic Party of Japan to win the next House of Representatives election, while 32% favor a Liberal Democratic Party victory, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. [YOMIURI]

POLLS The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has fallen to 27.2 percent–the first time it has dropped below the 30 percent mark since the Cabinet was inaugurated in September. [YOMIURI]

POLLS 47% say they would like to see Prime Minister Shinzo Abe resign, after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) faced a crushing defeat in Sunday’s Upper House election, while only 40% would like to see him go on, according to an Asahi Shimbun opinion poll presented on the newspapers website, Wednesday.

POLLS The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has secured 14 seats while its rival Democratic Party of Japan has won 24 seats as of 8:15 p.m., exit polls showed after the voting for the House of Councillors election finished on Sunday. [MSN MAINICHI]

POLLS Embattled Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party has apparently fallen further behind the Democratic Party of Japan in wooing nonaffiliated voters before Sunday’s Upper House election and is also losing women’s support. [KYODO]

POLLS The largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is gaining support from voters, while the popularity of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is declining as Sunday’s House of Councillors election draws near, according to a Mainichi poll. [MSN MAINICHI]

POLLS The Liberal Democratic Party may fail to gain even 40 seats in Sunday’s House of Councillors election, according to a Yomiuri Shimbun survey. [YOMIURI]

POLLS With the Upper House election only days away, the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto) has gained the edge over the ruling party among people in their 20s and 30s, polls show. [ASAHI]

POLLS In an internet survey conducted by the Yomiuri Shimbun on Tuesday, 48% of respondents said they think Prime Minister Shinzo Abe should resign if his ruling coalition fails to get a majority of the seats up for grabs in the upcoming July 29 election, while only 26% replied he should not resign.

POLLS Half of voters feel that Ichiro Ozawa, head of opposition Democratic Party of Japan (Minshuto), is a more capable leader than Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. [ASAHI]

POLLS The gap in support between ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and oppositional Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has widened further, it was revealed in an Asahi Shimbun opinion survey presented Sunday, with only days to go until the July 29 Upper House election.

POLLS The ruling coalition is in danger of losing its majority in the July 29 Upper House election, while the main opposition party could become the largest force in the chamber, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed. [ASAHI]

POLLS Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru’s approval rating stands at 90.7 percent, making him the most popular governor in the country, according to a recent Yomiuri Shimbun poll. [YOMIURI]

POLLS About 28 percent of people intend to vote for the Democratic Party of Japan in the nationwide proportional representation portion of the upcoming House of Councillors election, while 20 percent of those polled favor the Liberal Democratic Party, according to The Yomiuri Shimbun’s latest survey. [YOMIURI]

POLLS Opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has expanded its lead over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the runup to the July 29 Upper House election, a weekend Asahi Shimbun survey showed. [ASAHI]