> In an Asahi Shimbun survey conducted in late May, 66 percent of voters said they disapproved of the Kishida administration’s response to the price increases, while 23 percent gave their approval.
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> The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has named the current situation of stagnating wages and rising prices as “Kishida inflation.”
> The CDP has also blasted the supplementary budget as indicative that Kishida is out of touch with the lives of ordinary consumers.
> “The current Kishida administration isn’t taking any measures against the price rises of more than 10,000 items,” Kenta Izumi, head of the CDP, told reporters on June 4 while visiting Sendai.
> He also took shots at Kishida’s self-proclaimed ability to “listen to the people.”
> “People’s lives will not be able to survive against the high cost of living,” Izumi said.
I’m surprised the crashing Yen isn’t a bigger political attack than I thought it would be
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> In an Asahi Shimbun survey conducted in late May, 66 percent of voters said they disapproved of the Kishida administration’s response to the price increases, while 23 percent gave their approval.
…
> The main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan has named the current situation of stagnating wages and rising prices as “Kishida inflation.”
> The CDP has also blasted the supplementary budget as indicative that Kishida is out of touch with the lives of ordinary consumers.
> “The current Kishida administration isn’t taking any measures against the price rises of more than 10,000 items,” Kenta Izumi, head of the CDP, told reporters on June 4 while visiting Sendai.
> He also took shots at Kishida’s self-proclaimed ability to “listen to the people.”
> “People’s lives will not be able to survive against the high cost of living,” Izumi said.
I’m surprised the crashing Yen isn’t a bigger political attack than I thought it would be