Tokyo, Apr 18 (AFP) Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan's cabinet rebounded following the March 11 disaster, but a majority of voters criticised its response to the nuclear crisis, a poll showed today.
The Nikkei business daily said in its latest opinion poll that the approval rating for the cabinet rose to 27 per cent from 22 per cent in its previous survey in late February, while the disapproval rate remained unchanged at 67 per cent.
The telephone survey was carried out on Friday, Saturday and yesterday, covering 1,603 voters across the nation of whom 61 per cent gave valid responses.
Seventy per cent of the respondents said they gave little credit to the government response to the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, while just 19 per cent praised its action.