{"id":10206,"date":"2011-09-05T05:09:03","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T05:09:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-05T05:09:03","modified_gmt":"2011-09-05T05:09:03","slug":"Japan-s-new-leadership-wins-polls-backing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10206","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s new leadership wins polls backing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Japan&#8217;s new prime minister Yoshihiko Noda and his cabinet today won solid backing in opinion polls, with respondents expressing confidence in his ability to lead the post-quake recovery.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noda on Friday unveiled a youthful cabinet lacking the usual political heavyweights, <strong>after he became Japan&#8217;s sixth new leader in five years<\/strong>, charged with uniting a divided party and category_iding reconstruction.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Nikkei business daily said its survey showed 67 percent approval for Noda&#8217;s cabinet<\/strong> &#8212; a significant 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