POLLS Provincial voters are increasingly favoring candidates fielded or endorsed by the Democratic Party of Japan in the July 29 House of Councillors election, according to a recent survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun. [YOMIURI]

POLLS Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his main rival Ichiro Ozawa have fallen so far out of touch with voters that they are now even more unpopular than the parties they lead, according to a survey by The Asahi Shimbun and a University of Tokyo team. [ASAHI]

POLLS Just weeks ahead of the July 29 Upper House election, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) maintains its lead over the ruling Liberal Democratic Party in the latest Asahi Shimbun telephone survey, presented Monday.

POLLS The approval rating for Prime Minister Shinzou Abe’s Cabinet dropped to only 28% this weekend, down from 31% last week according to a poll presented by the Asahi Shimbun Monday.