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Abe Cabinet's approval rate falls to 38.9 pct after controversial security bill passed

Xinhua, September 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

The approval rate for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet fell to 38.9 percent after the enactment of the controversial security bills, a recent poll result showed Sunday.

According to the poll conducted by Japan's Kyodo News Agency on Saturday and Sunday, the support rate for Abe Cabinet was down 4.3 percent from 43.2 percent in the previous survey in mid-August. While the disapproval rate increased to 50.2 percent from 46.4 percent.

Regarding the security bills, which would allow Japanese troops to flight abroad even Japan itself is not attacked, 79 percent of respondents said there were not enough deliberations in the Diet. Only 14.1 percent people believed the Diet sufficiently deliberated the bills.

About 68 percent of the respondents said the new legislation will increase the risk of Japanese troops getting involved in an armed conflict, while only 2.5 percent said it will lower such a risk and 27.1 percent believe the new laws will have no effect on the possibility of the troops being dragged into a war. Endi