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Most voters want Japan PM to quit
Seventy-one per cent of Japanese voters want Prime Minister Taro Aso to resign soon, a newspaper survey published yesterday showed, piling more pressure on the unpopular leader ahead of an election this year.
- Reuters
- Published: 23:06 February 21, 2009
Tokyo: Seventy-one per cent of Japanese voters want Prime Minister Taro Aso to resign soon, a newspaper survey published yesterday showed, piling more pressure on the unpopular leader ahead of an election this year.
The February 19-20 survey by the Asahi newspaper also showed that 64 per cent want an early election to break the political stalemate that is bedevilling Japan as its economy slips deeper into recession.
The latest bad news for Aso comes ahead a visit to Washington, where he is scheduled to meet US President Barack Obama at the White House on Tuesday. Aso, 68, suffered a severe blow this week when his finance minister quit after being forced to deny that he was drunk at a Group of Seven news conference in Rome. The survey showed support for Aso's cabinet at 13 per cent.
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