JAPAN PRESS: 57% of respondents to the latest survey.

JAPAN PRESS: 57% of respondents to the latest Yomiuri Shimbun survey do
not want the Democratic Party of Japan to win a majority of seats in
this summer’s House of Councillors election, surpassing the 33% who said
the party deserved to gain a majority, The Yomiuri reports. The survey
also found the approval rating for Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama’s
Cabinet was 41%, down three percentage points from the previous poll
conducted a month earlier. The Cabinet’s disapproval rating increased by
three percentage points to 50%.