TOKYO, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Public support for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida fell to 15.5 percent in July, marking a new low since the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) returned to power in December 2012, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.
The approval rate slid 0.9 percentage point from June when the previous low of 16.4 percent was marked, while the disapproval rate was up 1.4 points at 58.4 percent, the latest survey showed.
The survey also showed that 39.3 percent of respondents were hoping for a change of power after the next election of the House of Representatives, the lower chamber of parliament, while 36.3 percent said they want the LDP to stay at the country's helm.
Asked which political party they plan to vote for in the envisaged lower house election, 22.5 percent of respondents chose the LDP, 12.4 percent for the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, 6.3 percent for Japan Innovation Party, 4.2 percent for Komeito, the LDP's junior coalition partner, and 3.0 percent for the Japanese Communist Party, according to the survey.■
