TOKYO: Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has fallen to the lowest level of his premiership, opinion polls showed Monday, after scandals and a historic defeat of his ruling party in Tokyo elections.

Abe took power in December 2012 on the back of widespread frustration with the previous administration’s handling of the March 2011 nuclear disaster and a faltering economy which he vowed to revive.

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