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Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends the 25th ASEAN plus Three (APT) Summit during the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 12, 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attends the 25th Asean plus Three (APT) Summit during the Asean summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Nov 12, 2022.

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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has effectively sacked two Cabinet ministers in a span of three weeks, as he

struggles to lift his Cabinet approval

that has sunk to new lows.

A poll by public broadcaster NHK released on Monday pegged support at 33 per cent, down by five percentage points from October.

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