岸田首相継続「再来年９月まで」３割　「早く辞めて」２割強―時事世論調査

　時事通信が９～１２日に実施した１２月の世論調査で、岸田文雄首相に首相を続けてほしい期間を尋ねたところ、「再来年９月の自民党総裁任期まで」が３０．９％で最も多かった。次いで「できるだけ早く辞めてほしい」２３．９％、「この中にはない、分からない」１７．２％、「来年５月のＧ７広島サミットまで」１４．３％、「できるだけ長く」１３．８％の順だった。
　自民、公明両党の連立政権に国民民主党が加わることへの賛否については、「賛成」が２１．６％にとどまり、「どちらとも言えない・分からない」４５．９％、「反対」３２．５％と続いた。支持政党別で見ると、自民支持層では「賛成」３６．１％、「反対」２６．１％、公明支持層では「賛成」３４．８％、「反対」３２．６％だった。一方、国民支持層では「反対」が６４．７％で「賛成」１７．６％を大きく上回った。
　調査は全国１８歳以上の２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は６１．４％。（2022/12/15-17:09）

A Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday that 30.9 pct of respondents, or the largest group, want Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to remain in office until September 2024, when his term as president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party expires.
   The survey for December, conducted for four days through Monday, also found that 23.9 pct want Kishida to resign as soon as possible, while 17.2 pct had no opinion or found no options in the questionnaire that matched their preferences.
   According to the survey, 14.3 pct want Kishida to stay in office until next year's Group of Seven summit in the western Japan city of Hiroshima in May and 13.8 pct want him to serve as prime minister as long as possible.
   Asked whether the Democratic Party for the People should join the ruling coalition of the LDP and Komeito, only 21.6 pct supported the idea. The proportion of respondents who did not support or oppose the possible participation stood at 45.9 pct, while that of those against it came to 32.5 pct.
   The DPFP's possible participation was backed by 36.1 pct of LDP supporters and 34.8 pct of Komeito supporters. Opponents accounted for 26.1 pct of LDP supporters and 32.6 pct of Komeito supporters.