Same storyEarlier: A Yomiuri newspaper poll conducted July 24–26 found Japanese Prime Minister Sanae TakaichiEarlier: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval rating fell to 57% in a Yomiuri newspapeEarlier: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval rating fell to 57% in July 2025, its lowEach entry records what was published on its own date and is not edited afterwards.
How the poll was reported
2 of 6 stated across the articles in this entry.
- No article states whether respondents were sampled or opted in. That distinction decides whether the figure can describe anyone beyond the people who answered.
- Pollster: Yomiuri newspaper.
- When conducted: July 24-26.
- Commissioned by: not stated in any article.
- Who was sampled: not stated in any article.
- Sample size: not stated in any article.
- Margin of error: not stated in any article.
- Question wording published: not in any article.
This lists what the articles said and did not say. A detail missing here may appear in the pollster's own release; it was not in the coverage.
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What happened, for context
Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's approval rating fell to 57 percent in a Yomiuri poll conducted July 24-26, down from 69 percent in June—the first time below 60 percent since she took office. The decline is attributed to public frustration over rising living costs and inflation, compounded by market pressures from her expansionary fiscal and monetary policies that have weakened the yen and raised bond yields.
3 of 4 articles were readable. Headline only, no body text retrieved, for: reuters.com. Nothing below is drawn from those outlets beyond their headline.
Who reported it
- reuters.comWIRE
- businesstimes.com.sgUNCLASSIFIED
- channelnewsasia.comINDEP
- straitstimes.comINDEP
References
- reuters.comJapan's Takaichi defends policy as underpinning yen, approval rating slumpsScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-03T18:43:54
- businesstimes.com.sgJapan PM Takaichi’s approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri pollScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-03T18:43:54
- channelnewsasia.comJapan PM Takaichi's approval rating slides as inflation bitesScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-03T18:43:54
- straitstimes.comJapan PM Takaichi’s approval rating slides as inflation bites: Yomiuri pollScreenshot as publishedOriginalcaptured 2026-08-03T18:43:54
Carried by multiple outlets
- Takaichi's approval rating fell to 57 percent in the July 24-26 poll, down from 69 percent in Junebusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, straitstimes.com
- This was the first time Takaichi's approval rating dropped below 60 percent since she took officebusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, straitstimes.com
- Disapproval rose to 34 percent from 21 percent in Junebusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com
- Takaichi's expansionary fiscal and monetary policy bias caused a spike in bond yields and a slump in the yen to four-decade lowsbusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, straitstimes.com
- Market pressures and opposition from within her own ruling party delayed the government's decision on cutting the 8 percent food sales taxbusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, straitstimes.com
- Rising living costs were hitting her popularitybusinesstimes.com.sg, channelnewsasia.com, straitstimes.com
- and 1 more, not shown
Reported by one outlet only
- Those polled who disapproved of Takaichi's administration's efforts to combat rising living costs rose to 71 percent, up from 56 percentonly businesstimes.com.sg
- The Bank of Japan raised interest rates to 1 percent, with inflation remaining near 2 percent and core inflation expected to rise above 2 percent in 2026 as producer prices increaseonly straitstimes.com
- A cabinet reshuffle loomsonly channelnewsasia.com
- Other recent media polls have also seen Takaichi's approval ratings slideonly businesstimes.com.sg