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Voters show waning patience with Japan PM Sanae Takaichi as support frays

Two new opinion polls indicate public patience is slipping after Takaichi won a February two-thirds mandate but focused more on conservative legislation than cost-of-living concerns.

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Public support for Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi appears to be fraying, according to two new opinion polls cited by the South China Morning Post.

The outlet reports that voters who backed Takaichi after she secured a sweeping mandate in February are growing less patient, with analysts pointing to a perceived mismatch between early political momentum and day-to-day issues, especially rising prices.

South China Morning Post also notes that analysts said the issue was not simply that a honeymoon period was ending, but that Takaichi used her large mandate to push legislation favored by the most conservative elements of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party while showing little visible progress on cost-of-living pressures.

One quoted analyst, Michael Cucek of Temple University’s Tokyo campus, argued that with a two-thirds majority for her party, there should have been minimal obstacles to her agenda and no need to extend the Diet session.

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