URGENT: Reshuffled Kishida Cabinet's support rate rises to 39.8%: Kyodo poll

The approval rating for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's Cabinet has risen 6.2 percentage points to 39.8 percent, while the disapproval rating fell to 39.7 percent following a reshuffle, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.

The two-day nationwide telephone survey was conducted from Wednesday, when Kishida revamped his Cabinet.

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