Opinion polling for the next Japanese general election

In the run up to the next Japanese general election, various organisations are carrying out opinion polling to gauge voting intention. Results of such polls are displayed in this article. The date range for these opinion polls is from the previous general election, held on 27 October 2024, to the present day.

Pollsters

The following table shows the pollsters who conduct opinion polls in Japan:

Pollster	Method	Database
ANN	RDD	https://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/hst/poll/
Asahi	RDD	https://www.asahi.com/yoron/database/
Jiji Press	Personal interview	https://www.jiji.com/jc/v7?id=2025jijiyoron
JNN	RDD	https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/list/search?fulltext=JNN世論調査
Kyodo News[a]	RDD	https://www.chunichi.co.jp/digican/shuin2024_yoron
Mainichi	d-Survey[b]	https://mainichi.jp/opinion-research
SSRC		https://ssrc.jp/research/
NHK	RDD	https://www.nhk.or.jp/senkyo/shijiritsu/
Nikkei	RDD	https://vdata.nikkei.com/newsgraphics/cabinet-approval-rating/
TV Tokyo		https://txbiz.tv-tokyo.co.jp/search/detail?search_word=テレ東･日経世論調査
Sankei	RDD	https://www.sankei.com/politics/poll/
FNN		https://www.fnn.jp/subcategory/opinion_poll
Senkyo.com	RDD/Online[c]	https://go2senkyo.com/research/
Yomiuri	RDD	https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/election/yoron-chosa/
NNN		https://www.ntv.co.jp/yoron/

Party identification

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Mirai	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Lead
10 Oct	Komeito leaves the governing minority coalition.
4–6 Oct	Kyodo News[1]	1,061	33.8	8.8	5.1	9.6	4.3	1.9	3.1	8.1	2.5	0.9	0.6	0.6[d]	18	2.7	15.8
4–5 Oct	JNN[2]	1,036	27.9	5.8	3.6	7.6	2	1.8	2.2	5.8	1.1	0.5	0.6	0.1	36.7	4.3	8.8
4 Oct	Sanae Takaichi is elected President of the LDP.
27–28 Sep	ANN[3]	1,025	33.2	7.7	3.2	7.5	3.5	2.7	3.6	7.8	1.1	1.2	0	1.1	23.2	4.1	10
26–28 Sep	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[4][5]	915	31	7	4	9	3	3	4	10	1	1	0	–	24	3	7
20–21 Sep	Sankei/FNN[6][7]	1,018	27.9	6.3	3.4	6.5	2.5	2.9	2.1	8.3	1.2	0.2	0.9	–	33.6	4.2	5.7
20–21 Sep	Asahi[8]	1,176	26	5	2	7	2	2	2	8	1	1	0	–	38	6	12
20–21 Sep	Mainichi/SSRC[9]	1,972	19	9	4	10	2	3	2	8	2	1	1	1	38	–	19
12–15 Sep	Jiji Press[10]	1,162	17.1	5.3	2	3.4	3	1.4	1.8	5.9	1.6	0	0.6	–	54.5	3.4	37.4
13–14 Sep	Senkyo.com/JX[11]	995	27.9	10.9	3.9	3.6	3.6	2	4.2	7.4	2	1.2	0.5	–	32.7	–	4.8
13–14 Sep	Yomiuri/NNN[12][13]	1,043	27	5	2	9	3	3	2	8	1	1	0	0	35	4	8
11–12 Sep	Kyodo News[14]	1,040	23.5	10.2	4.2	10.5	2.2	3.8	3.6	10.9	3.5	0.8	2.3	0.5[e]	21.3	2.7	2.2
7 Sep	Shigeru Ishiba announces he will resign as President of the LDP. The 2025 LDP presidential election is scheduled for 4 October 2025.
6–7 Sep	Kyodo News[15]	1,045	23.4	7.6	6.2	9.8	4.8	4.9	3.8	11.6	2.4	0.6	2.7	0.9[f]	19.1	2.2	4.3
6–7 Sep	JNN[16]	1,030	23.3	6.5	4.7	6.8	3.2	2.7	2.4	8.5	2.4	0.5	0.5	0.9	32.7	4.9	9.4
5–7 Sep	NHK[17]	1,186	27.9	5	3.6	5.7	3.1	1.7	2.9	6.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	0.6	34.8	5.4	6.9
29–31 Aug	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[18][19]	955	28	7	6	11	3	4	2	11	2	0	1	–	20	5	8
23–24 Aug	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,022	22.2	5.2	4	9.3	4.2	3.9	2.8	9.9	2.4	0.3	1	0.8	30.7	3.3	8.5
23–24 Aug	ANN[22]	1,012	29.7	8.2	5.5	9.3	3.7	3	3.5	8.5	2.1	1.2	0.6	1.6	20.7	2.6	9
23–24 Aug	Mainichi/SSRC[23]	2,046	17	10	4	9	2	3	2	9	2	1	2	–	38	1	21
23–24 Aug	Kyodo News[24]	1,056	22.5	10.4	7.3	10.4	3.2	6.3	3.8	11.2	2.2	1.3	3	0.8[g]	14.6	3	7.9
22–24 Aug	Yomiuri/NNN[25][26]	991	23	7	4	9	4	3	2	12	2	0	1	–	32	2	9
16–17 Aug	Asahi[27]	1,211	20	5	4	10	3	3	3	9	2	0	1	1	35	4	15
16–17 Aug	Senkyo.com/JX[28]	1,000	28	14.3	4.6	4.3	5.6	2.6	5.7	5.5	2.2	1.1	1	–	25.1	–	2.9
9–11 Aug	NHK[29]	1,137	29.4	6.9	3.2	7.1	2.9	2.4	3.4	6.8	1.6	0.4	0.6	0.4	29.6	5.5	0.2
8–11 Aug	Jiji Press[30]	1,138	15.7	5.5	2.4	6.8	3.7	1.5	1.8	7.6	1.6	0.5	0.6	–	50	2.3	34.3
8 Aug	Fumitake Fujita succeed Seiji Maehara as co-leader of Ishin.[31]
2–3 Aug	JNN[32]	1,003	20.4	6.9	2.7	8.7	4	3.1	2.1	10.2	1.8	0.3	1.6	1	33.2	4	12.8
26–27 Jul	Sankei/FNN[33][34]	1,030	21	6.8	2.6	13.9	4	3.7	2.4	9.8	2.3	0.9	1.5	0.5	27.3	3.4	6.3
26–27 Jul	Asahi[35]	1,250	20	7	4	8	4	3	3	10	2	1	1	1	30	6	10
26–27 Jul	ANN[36]	1,020	31.6	10.7	4.5	7.1	4.3	3.6	3.1	10.7	1.5	0.5	0.9	0.7	16.6	4.1	15
26–27 Jul	Mainichi/SSRC[37]	2,045	19	9	4	12	3	4	2	8	3	1	2	1	33	–	14
25–27 Jul	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[38][39]	937	24	9	5	12	3	4	2	13	3	1	2	–	17	5	7
21–22 Jul	Kyodo News[40]	1,049	20.7	10.8	5.2	15.1	4.6	4.3	3.7	11.8	2.7	1.3	4.1	0.8[h]	12.3	2.6	8.4
21–22 Jul	Yomiuri/NNN[41][42]	1,043	19	8	3	11	4	3	2	12	1	0	2	1	29	5	10
20 Jul	HoC election	58.51%[i]	21.6	12.5	7.4	12.9	8.8	6.6	4.8	12.5	5	2.1	2.6	3.2	–		8.7

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Lead
11–14 Jul	Jiji Press[43]	1,180	16.4	5.5	1.5	3.1	3.1	2.1	1.6	4.7	1.1	0.3	–	54.9	5.7	38.5
12–13 Jul	Senkyo.com/JX[44]	991	30.8	15.3	3.5	4.1	4.1	2.1	4.3	5.3	2.1	1.9	0.1[j]	26.1	0.3	4.7
11–13 Jul	NHK[k][45]	1,913	24	7.8	3.1	4.9	3.5	2.8	3	5.9	1.4	0.7	0.7	33.7	8.6	9.7
5–6 Jul	ANN[46]	1,048	30.2	10.4	4.5	6.4	5.2	3.3	4.4	6.6	1.1	0.5	2.4[l]	19.8	5.2	10.4
5–6 Jul	Kyodo News[k][47]	1,253	21.9	9.1	4.8	10.3	4.9	4.1	3	9.2	2.5	0.9	1.5	18.2	9.6	3.7
5–6 Jul	JNN[48]	1,010	20.8	6.3	4.1	5.9	3.9	3.2	1.7	6.2	1.1	0.8	0.8	40	5.2	19.2
4–6 Jul	NHK[k][49]	1,913	28.1	8.5	2.3	5.1	3	3.2	3.1	4.2	1	0.5	0.6[m]	30.1	10.4	2
3–4 Jul	Asahi[50]	11,164	19	7	3	6	3	3	3	5
28–29 Jun	Kyodo News[k][51]	1,254	25.5	11.4	4.3	8.1	3.7	3.7	2.8	8.4	1.3	0.8	0.9[n]	19.6	9.5	5.9
28–29 Jun	Mainichi/SSRC[52]	2,050	19	9	4	9	2	4	2	6	1	1	1	42	–	23
27–29 Jun	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[53][54]	775	31	10	4	10	4	4	3	7	1	1	1	22	3	9
27–29 Jun	Yomiuri/NNN[55][56]	1,061	23	6	2	5	3	2	3	5	1	0	1	43	6	20
27–29 Jun	NHK[k][57]	1,816	27	8.4	2.1	5.8	3.8	2	2.9	3.1	0.8	0.7	0.3	32.4	10.8	5.4
21–22 Jun	ANN[58]	1,031	31.1	9.7	3.1	6.4	3.5	5.8	4.1	3.6	0.9	0.6	2.3[o]	23.7	5.2	7.4
21–22 Jun	Kyodo News[59]	1,050	29.7	9.2	4.8	9.9	4.4	5.6	3.1	3.7	2.9	1.9	0.3[p]	21.1	3.4	8.6
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[60]	1,162	18.9	4.4	1.6	3.4	2.8	1.5	1.4	2.5	0.7	0.4	–	58.2	4.2	39.3
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[61][62]	1,027	24.7	6.8	2.7	7.9	3.3	3.5	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	0.5	36.7	6.5	12
14–15 Jun	Asahi[63]	1,256	23	7	2	6	3	4	2	3	1	0	1	40	8	17
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[64]	990	29.4	13.7	2.8	4.6	3.6	2.1	4.4	2.6	1.9	1	0.3[q]	33.3	0.3	3.9
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[65]	1,049	27.7	7.9	4.9	10.6	4.4	3.7	2.8	4.8	1.4	1	1.2[r]	27.6	2	0.1
7–8 Jun	ANN[66]	1,025	32.2	10.4	4.6	7.5	4.5	3.6	3.4	1.9	0.7	0.8	1	25.8	3.7	6.4
6–8 Jun	NHK[67]	1,201	31.6	5.8	2.5	5.4	3.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.9	0.4	0.8[s]	37.8	6.1	6.2
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[68]	1,056	24.3	8.2	2.3	6.8	2.9	3.1	2.2	2.1	0.7	0.1	0.9	42.2	4.2	17.9
24–25 May	Kyodo News[69]	1,064	28.4	12.1	6.5	14.1	4.5	4.7	2.6	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.2[t]	19.4	2.7	9
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[70][71]	892	28	9	6	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	–	27	4	1
16–19 May	Jiji Press[72]	1,176	17.2	4.4	2.3	5.7	3.7	1.9	0.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	–	58.5	3.5	41.3
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[73][74]	1,025	24.8	6.2	3.6	8.4	3.5	3.7	3.4	1.3	1	0.4	0.2	37.2	6.4	12.4
17–18 May	Asahi[75]	1,209	24	7	2	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	–	40	8	16
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[76]	986	27	13.5	3.5	7.4	4	1.6	4.3	2.5	2.4	1.1	0.2[u]	32.3	–	5.3
17–18 May	Kyodo News[77]	1,064	25	12.1	4.9	13.2	4.7	6.5	3.9	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.5[v]	21.2	2.8	3.8
17–18 May	Mainichi/SSRC[78]	2,045	16	9	4	13	2	5	2	2	2	1	–	42	2	26
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[79][80]	1,072	25	6	2	11	2	4	1	1	1	0	–	41	4	16
10–11 May	ANN[81]	1,016	33.8	9.8	3.4	11.7	3.3	4.6	2.9	0.9	0.5	0.6	0.9	24.6	3	9.2
9–11 May	NHK[82]	1,216	26.4	7.6	2.6	7.2	3.7	2.5	2.6	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	38.2	6.1	11.8
3–4 May	JNN[83]	1,026	23.5	5.6	4.3	10.2	4	3.5	2.4	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.6	36.7	6.9	13.2
19–21 Apr	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[84][85]	799	31	10	4	14	3	4	2	1	1	1	–	25	4	6
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[86][87]	1,015	22.9	7.6	2.8	11.4	2.6	3.7	2.5	1.4	0.9	0.6	0.7	39.4	3.6	16.5
19–20 Apr	Asahi[88]	1,240	23	7	3	12	3	3	2	1	1	0	1	37	7	14
19–20 Apr	ANN[89]	1,030	34.8	11	3.4	11.4	2.8	3.5	3.8	0.5	0.9	1.2	1.3	21.7	3.8	13.1
11–14 Apr	Jiji Press[90]	1,140	17.4	3.8	3.1	5.4	3	2.2	1.5	1.1	0.7	0.1	–	58.2	3.5	40.8
12–13 Apr	Senkyo.com/JX[91]	995	27.7	12.9	3.7	7.7	3.2	3.2	4.6	1.5	1	1.3	0.1[w]	33	–	5.3
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[92]	1,051	25.8	11.9	4.9	18.4	4.2	4.8	3.4	1	1.9	0.7	0.2[x]	20.1	2.7	5.7
12–13 Apr	Mainichi/SSRC[93]	2,040	18	10	3	15	3	5	2	0	0	0	–	41	3	23
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[94][95]	1,026	28	6	2	13	3	3	2	1	1	0	–	37	4	9
11–13 Apr	NHK[96]	1,120	29.7	5.8	2.4	7.9	3.8	2.6	2.1	1	0.6	0.4	0.1[y]	36.9	6.6	7.2
5–6 Apr	JNN[97]	1,031	23.9	8.4	2.9	10.7	2.8	4.6	2	0.9	0.8	0.3	0.5	39.7	2.5	15.8
22–23 Mar	Sankei/FNN[98][99]	1,013	20.8	6.9	3.4	11.1	2.7	5.2	2.2	1.3	1	0.4	–	40.6	4.4	19.8
22–23 Mar	ANN[100]	1,025	29.4	11.8	5.7	11.4	3.9	4.2	3.5	0.6	1.1	0.6	1	22.9	3.9	6.5
22–23 Mar	Kyodo News[101]	1,046	27.7	11.1	5.4	12.9	3.8	7	3.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	0.3[z]	23	2.8	4.7
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[102][103]	847	32	10	7	13	2	5	2	1	1	0	–	22	4	10
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[104]	998	26.7	14.2	3.3	9.6	3.3	2.8	4.6	1.4	1.4	1.3	–	31.4	–	4.7
15–16 Mar	Asahi[105]	1,137	23	7	3	11	3	3	1	1	1	0	–	38	9	15
15–16 Mar	Mainichi/SSRC[106]	2,047	19	11	4	16	2	5	1	1	1	0	–	39	1	20
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[107][108]	1,023	26	6	3	12	2	3	1	0	1	0	–	40	5	14
7–10 Mar	Jiji Press[109]	1,186	17.9	4.2	2.4	8	3.5	1.9	1.3	0.5	0.9	0.3	–	54.8	4.3	36.9
7–9 Mar	NHK[110]	1,225	29.2	7.5	3	8.4	2.9	2.8	1.8	1	1.1	0.2	0.4	35.7	6	6.5
1–2 Mar	JNN[111]	1,027	25.6	5.6	3.6	10.9	2.7	4.1	2.2	0.4	0.2	0.1	0.7	39	4.9	13.4
22–23 Feb	Sankei/FNN[112][113]	1,028	26.4	6.9	5.7	9.8	2.7	5.2	2.1	1	0.5	0.3	–	35.3	4.1	8.9
22–23 Feb	ANN[114]	1,034	33.2	11.5	4.7	8.8	5.2	5.1	3.3	1.1	0.4	1.1	0.6	21.7	3.1	11.5
21–23 Feb	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[115][116]	847	30	11	6	13	4	6	2	0	1	0	–	21	5	9
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[117]	1,004	27.5	15.1	4.8	5.9	3.7	2.7	4.5	0.9	1.8	1.2	0.2[aa]	31.8	–	4.3
15–16 Feb	Asahi[118]	1,111	25	7	2	10	3	4	2	1	1	0	–	36	9	11
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[119]	1,063	30.6	10.4	7.6	10.8	3.2	7.3	2.3	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.4[ab]	18.5	5.3	12.1
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[120]	2,043	18	10	5	14	3	5	2	0	0	0	–	39	4	21
14–16 Feb	Yomiuri/NNN[121][122]	1,033	26	8	3	8	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	39	4	13
7–9 Feb	NHK[123]	1,212	31.3	9.2	3.2	6.8	3.5	2.1	2.2	0.5	1	0.8	0.2[ac]	32.8	6.5	1.5
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[124]	1,126	17.9	5.4	2	6.1	3.8	1.9	1.8	1.1	0.2	0.4	–	56	3.4	38.1
1–2 Feb	JNN[125]	1,010	24.7	6.4	3.1	8.1	3.4	4.2	1.9	0.8	0.4	0.1	0.4	41.9	4.6	17.2
25–26 Jan	ANN[126]	1,030	35.3	10.9	4.6	9.3	3.8	4.5	3.1	0.8	0.9	0.4	0.8	22.5	3	12.8
25–26 Jan	Kyodo News[127]	1,064	29.6	10.7	5.4	14.4	4.4	4.6	3.7	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.8[ad]	19.3	3.8	10.3
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[128][129]	946	33	10	6	14	3	4	2	1	1	0	–	20	6	13
18–19 Jan	Sankei/FNN[130][131]	1,005	29.4	10.1	2.5	7.2	2.8	3.5	2.2	0.8	1.1	0.3	–	37	3.1	7.6
18–19 Jan	Asahi[132]	1,103	23	7	3	12	4	3	3	1	0	0	–	37	7	14
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[133]	2,042	20	11	5	15	2	4	2	1	2	0	–	38	–	18
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[134][135]	1,015	28	5	3	13	4	4	2	1	1	0	–	34	4	6
11–13 Jan	NHK[136]	1,211	30.5	8.1	3.6	6.4	2.7	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.3[ae]	37.8	5.4	7.3
10–13 Jan	Jiji Press[137]	1,180	17.3	5.1	2.8	6.6	3.6	1.7	1.4	0.3	0.5	0.3	–	57.3	3.1	40
11–12 Jan	Senkyo.com/JX[138]	996	26.8	17	4.8	5.7	4.1	3.2	6	0.7	1.8	0.7	0.1[af]	29	–	2.2
4–5 Jan	JNN[139]	1,018	26.2	8.2	2.5	11	3.2	3.6	2.1	1.2	0.8	0.4	–	37.4	3.4	11.2

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Lead
20–22 Dec	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[140][141]	774	32	9	5	14	3	3	3	1	1	1	–	24	3	8
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[142]	996	26.8	17.2	4.8	5.7	2.9	1.8	3.8	1	2.5	1.3	0.2[ag]	31.9	–	5.1
14–15 Dec	Sankei/FNN[143][144]	1,020	28.1	9	3.2	11.3	2.4	2.8	3.5	0.7	0.5	0.6	–	36.9	1	8.8
14–15 Dec	Asahi[145]	1,049	24	9	4	11	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	35	7	11
14–15 Dec	Kyodo News[146]	1,056	29.1	11.3	5	12.6	2.3	5	2.7	1.8	2.1	0.6	1.2[ah]	22.5	3.8	6.6
14–15 Dec	Mainichi/SSRC[147]	2,045	20	11	5	13	2	4	2	1	2	0	–	38	2	18
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[148][149]	1,018	24	8	4	12	5	3	2	0	0	0	–	36	4	12
6–9 Dec	Jiji Press[150]	1,152	19.1	6.7	2.5	5.7	4.3	1.6	1.5	0.6	0.6	0.4	–	54.6	2.4	35.5
6–9 Dec	NHK[151]	1,224	28.7	8.7	3.4	7.9	2.5	1.6	2.7	0.5	0.7	0.9	0.1	35.6	6.7	6.9
7–8 Dec	ANN[152]	1,017	35.2	13.9	5.2	10.6	2.4	2.4	3.2	1.1	0.8	0.4	0.9	19.8	4.1	15.4
30 Nov – 1 Dec	JNN[153]	1,003	28.2	8.5	4	8.8	3.3	2.9	2.2	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.6	35.6	4	7.4
1 Dec	Hirofumi Yoshimura and Seiji Maehara succeed Nobuyuki Baba as co-leaders of Ishin.[154]
23–24 Nov	Mainichi/SSRC[155]	1,919	21	12	5	13	3	4	2	1	2	1	–	38	–	17
16–17 Nov	Kyodo News[156]	1,021	30.5	15.1	4.4	9	3.9	6.9	2.5	2.5	1.6	0.3	0.6[ai]	20.9	1.8	9.6
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[157]	1,003	26.9	16	4.3	5.6	4.2	2.5	5.1	1	1.7	0.9	–	31.9	–	5
15–17 Nov	NHK[158]	1,213	30.1	11.4	3.6	7.4	3.8	1.4	2.4	1.2	0.3	0.5	0.2	31.6	6.1	1.5
15–17 Nov	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[159][160]	800	30	16	5	11	4	4	5	2	1	1	–	19	2	11
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[161][162]	1,054	30	11	3	10	3	4	2	1	1	0	–	30	4	Tie
11 Nov	The Second Ishiba Cabinet is formed.
8–11 Nov	Jiji Press[163]	1,190	20	7.5	2.6	5.5	4.1	1.6	1.1	0.5	0.8	0.3	–	52.7	3.3	32.7
9–10 Nov	ANN[164]	1,025	36.6	15.8	4.1	8.9	4.8	2.8	3.7	1	1.4	0.4	0.6	15.8	4.2	20.8
9 Nov	Tetsuo Saito succeeds Keiichi Ishii as President of Komeito.[165]
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[166][167]	1,012	25.8	13.7	5.3	10.1	3.7	2.8	3.5	3	1.6	0.4	–	28.3	1.8	2.5
2–3 Nov	Asahi[168]	980	26	13	2	10	3	3	2	1	1	0	–	29	10	3
1–2 Nov	JNN[169]	1,020	24.6	12.8	4	9.1	3.7	3.6	2.5	0.9	0.2	0.8	0.2	31.8	5.8	7.2
28–29 Oct	Yomiuri/NNN[170][171]	1,068	25	14	5	7	4	4	3	2	1	1	–	31	3	6
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[172]	1,063	31.8	20.3	5.3	9.8	3.4	6.7	2.1	1.7	1.7	0.6	–	15	1.6	11.5
27 Oct	Election results	53.84%[i]	26.7	21.2	9.4	11.3	10.9	7	6.2	3.4	2.1	1.7	–	–	–	5.5

Voting intention (proportional vote)

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Mirai	Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
20–21 Sep	Asahi[8]	1,176	26	11	5	11	4	5	3	10	3	1	2	–	19		7
13–14 Sep	Senkyo.com/JX[11]	995	27.8	15.4	6.6	6	4.4	3.9	5.6	9.5	3.1	1.4	1.3	1.8	13	0.2	12.4
16–17 Aug	Senkyo.com/JX[28]	1,000	28.2	15.8	6.3	8.3	6.5	3.8	7.4	7.1	2.7	1.2	1	2.1	9.6	–	12.4
20 Jul	HoC election	58.51%[i]	21.6	12.5	7.4	12.9	8.8	6.6	4.8	12.5	5	2.1	2.6	3.2	–		8.7

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
12–13 Jul	Senkyo.com/JX[44]	991	28.6	19.5	6.3	5.5	5.8	3.6	5.2	8.4	3.1	2.6	2.5	8.9	–	9.1
5–6 Jul	ANN[46]	1,048	23.6	11	4.2	5.4	5.6	2.4	4.1	6.2	1.4	0.4	1.7[aj]	19	14.9	4.6
5–6 Jul	Kyodo News[k][47]	1,253	18.2	6.6	3.4	6.8	5	3.7	2.5	8.1	2.5	0.9	0.7	40.8[ak]	0.8	22.6
5–6 Jul	JNN[48]	1,010	25	12	6	8	5	6	3	9	2	1	5	19		6
28–29 Jun	Kyodo News[k][51]	1,254	17.9	9.8	2.5	6.4	3.6	3.4	2.7	5.8	1.1	0.8	0.6[al]	44.4[am]	1	24.5
28–29 Jun	Mainichi/SSRC[52]	2,050	18	11	4	10	3	4	3	7	2	1	1	36	–	18
27–29 Jun	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[53][54]	775	29	12	6	12	5	5	3	7	2	1	–	12	8	17
27–29 Jun	Yomiuri/NNN[55][56]	1,061	24	11	5	9	5	4	5	6	1	0	1	23	8	1
26–27 Jun	Agricultural News[173]		35	13.5	1	5.8	1.7	3.3	3.9	1.4	1	1.3	0.7	30.7	0.7	4.3
21–22 Jun	ANN[58]	1,031	22	10.7	3.4	7.5	4.2	5.1	4.2	3.3	0.9	0.6	0.8[an]	37.3[ao]		15.3
21–22 Jun	Kyodo News[59]	1,050	26.7	11.1	4.8	10.6	5.1	6.8	3.1	4.3	1.8	1.6	0.4[ap]	23.7		3
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[60]	1,162	24.5	8.3	4.4	6	4	3.1	2.2	3.5	0.7	0.5	–	42.8		18.3
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[61][62]	1,027	24.5	9.6	3.8	8.8	4.1	4.1	3	3.6	1.2	0.2	0.7	36.4[aq]		11.9
14–15 Jun	Asahi[63]	1,256	26	12	7	10	5	7	4	4	1	1	2	21		5
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[64]	990	30.4	18.8	5.6	7.4	4.7	3.8	5.9	3.1	3.2	1.1	1.8[ar]	14.1	–	11.6
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[65]	1,049	25.9	9.2	5.1	11.5	3.7	4.3	3.2	4.3	2	1.1	1.3[as]	28.4		2.5
7–8 Jun	ANN[66]	1,025	26.2	9.8	4.6	6.9	5.1	2.9	3.4	2.3	0.7	0.5	1	36.4[at]		10.2
24–25 May	Kyodo News[69]	1,064	28.6	13.6	6.3	14.3	4.4	5.2	2.3	2.6	1.6	1	0.7[au]	19.4		9.2
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[70][71]	892	26	12	7	12	5	7	2	3	2	0	–	14	8	12
16–19 May	Jiji Press[72]	1,176	19.7	9.4	4.1	11.2	4.4	3.7	1.7	2	0.9	0.7	–	42.2		22.5
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[73][74]	1,025	23.5	8.3	3.8	11.4	4.4	4.1	3.2	1.7	0.9	0.6	0.7	37.4[av]		13.9
17–18 May	Asahi[75]	1,209	26	13	6	13	5	7	4	3	2	1	3	17		9
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[76]	986	25.8	19.2	6	10.9	5.5	3	6	2.1	2.6	1.3	2.1[aw]	15.4	–	6.6
17–18 May	Kyodo News[77]	1,064	20.2	14.2	6	12.4	5.7	5.9	3.8	2.4	1.2	1.3	0.7[ax]	26.2		6
17–18 May	Mainichi/SSRC[78]	2,045	15	10	4	14	3	5	3	3	2	1	1	41	–	25
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[79][80]	1,072	26	10	6	14	4	7	2	2	1	1	–	22	5	4
10–11 May	ANN[81]	1,016	25.8	8.9	2.9	10.6	4	3.9	2.7	0.8	1	0.8	1	37.6[ay]		11.8
3–4 May	JNN[83]	1,026	26	11	9	15	6	7	3	2	1	1	4	16		10
19–21 Apr	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[84][85]	799	29	14	6	15	4	6	3	1	2	1	–	12	7	14
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[86][87]	1,015	23.7	8.8	3.8	13.3	2.9	2.9	2.8	1.7	1	0.6	0.9	37.8[az]		14.1
19–20 Apr	Asahi[88]	1,240	23	12	7	17	4	7	5	2	1	1	2	19		4
19–20 Apr	ANN[89]	1,030	27.2	10.6	3.6	11.8	3.5	3	3.4	0.5	0.9	1.6	1.1	32.9[ba]		5.7
11–14 Apr	Jiji Press[174]	1,140	20.6	7.8	4.9	10.6	4.3	5.6	1.8	1.6	0.9	0.6	–	41.3		20.7
12–13 Apr	Senkyo.com/JX[91]	995	25.3	16.6	7.9	11.6	5	4.5	6.6	1.6	1.4	1.1	3.5[bb]	14.8	–	8.7
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[92]	1,051	24.6	12.3	3.9	18.5	3.9	4.1	3.2	1	1.7	0.8	–	26		1.4
12–13 Apr	Mainichi/SSRC[93]	2,040	16	11	4	16	3	5	3	1	1	1	–	38	–	22
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[94][95]	1,026	27	10	5	15	4	6	4	1	2	0	–	19	7	8
22–23 Mar	Sankei/FNN[98][99]	1,013	19.3	8.5	3.2	12	2.6	5.3	2.6	1	0.9	0.4	–	44.2[bc]		24.9
22–23 Mar	ANN[100]	1,025	24.1	11.1	4.6	11.2	3.2	3.6	3.9	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.5	35.7[bd]		11.6
22–23 Mar	Kyodo News[101]	1,046	24.3	12.5	6.4	13.4	4.1	7.3	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.1	0.4[be]	25.4		1.1
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[102][103]	847	29	13	9	14	3	8	3	1	1	0	1	11	8	18
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[104]	998	23.7	20.6	6.2	13.9	4.4	3.4	6.8	1.2	1.7	1.3	2.4[bf]	14.2	–	3.1
15–16 Mar	Asahi[105]	1,137	24	12	7	17	5	7	3	1	2	1	3	19		5
15–16 Mar	Mainichi/SSRC[106]	2,047	16	13	5	17	2	5	2	1	1	0	1	38	–	21
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[107][108]	1,023	25	11	6	17	4	5	3	1	1	0	–	20	6	5
22–23 Feb	ANN[114]	1,034	23.6	10.7	6.2	9.6	5.2	3.7	3.6	1	0.4	0.8	0.8	34.4[bg]		10.8
21–23 Feb	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[115][116]	847	29	13	7	14	4	8	3	1	1	0	1[bh]	10	9	15
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[117]	1,004	25.7	20.8	8.3	9.8	4.2	4.6	5.6	0.6	2.2	1.5	2.3[bi]	14.5	–	4.9
15–16 Feb	Asahi[118]	1,111	26	11	5	16	5	9	4	2	2	1	1	18		8
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[119]	1,063	24.9	11.3	6.8	11.5	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.7[bj]	28.7		3.8
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[120]	2,043	16	11	5	15	3	5	2	0	2	0	–	38	3	22
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[175]	1,126	22	9.7	3.6	10.2	5.1	3.5	2.5	1.3	0.4	0.4	–	40.2		18.2
25–26 Jan	Kyodo News[127]	1,064	26	12.9	5.8	14.9	3.8	4.4	4.1	1	1.4	0.3	0.4[bk]	25		1
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[128][129]	946	32	13	8	15	3	5	3	2	2	1	–	11	8	17
18–19 Jan	Asahi[132]	1,103	25	15	8	15	6	6	3	1	1	2	2	16		9
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[133]	2,042	17	14	6	16	2	4	2	1	2	0	1	35	–	18
11–12 Jan	Senkyo.com/JX[138]	996	27	21.2	8	8.8	4.5	4.2	7	1.3	2.2	0.8	2[bl]	12.9	–	5.8

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	Sansei	CPJ	SDP	Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[142]	996	23.8	22.7	9.1	10.3	4.5	2.7	5.3	1.5	2	1.5	1.3[bm]	15.2	–	1.1
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[157]	1,003	26.3	21	7.8	10.8	5.3	2.7	6.4	1.9	2.6	0.7	2.1[bn]	12.5	–	5.3
27 Oct	Election results	53.84%[i]	26.7	21.2	9.4	11.3	10.9	7	6.2	3.4	2.1	1.7	0[bo]	–		5.5

Voting intention (district vote)

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Government		Opposition								Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
5–6 Jul	Kyodo News[k][47]	1,253	20.5		36.6								–	41.8	1.1	5.2
28–29 Jun	Kyodo News[k][51]	1,254	19.9		32.6								–	46.3	1.2	13.7

Preferred coalition

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP–Komei–led coalition		LDP–Komei with other parties			Opposition–led coalition[bp]	Others	Und./ no ans.
10 Oct	Komeito leaves the governing minority coalition.
4–6 Oct	Kyodo News[1]	1,061	12.6		40			10.5	32.4[bq]	4.5
4 Oct	Sanae Takaichi is elected President of the LDP.
20–21 Sep	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,018	15.6		46.9[br]			28.7	–	8.8
20–21 Sep	Mainichi/SSRC[9]	1,972	46		26			10	–	17
12–15 Sep	Jiji Press[10]	1,162	16.5		39[bs]			15.3	–	29.2
11–12 Sep	Kyodo News[14]	1,040	11.6		33.9			12.4	36.6[bt]	5.5
5–7 Sep	NHK[17]	1,186	43.7		24			16.7	0.7	14.9
29–31 Aug	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[18][19]	955	34[bu]		28[bv]			23	–	15
23–24 Aug	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,022	14.3		48.3[bw]			33.1	–	4.3
23–24 Aug	Mainichi/SSRC[23]	2,046	43		16			12	–	28
9–11 Aug	NHK[29]	1,137	43.7[bx]		25.5			18.1	0.6	12
8–11 Aug	Jiji Press[176]	1,138	16.4		35.8[by]			20.9	–	26.9
2–3 Aug	JNN[32]	1,003	39		–			49	–	12
26–27 Jul	Sankei/FNN[33][34]	1,030	13.9		46.3[bz]			34.1	–	5.7
26–27 Jul	Asahi[35]	1,250			56			21	–
26–27 Jul	ANN[36]	1,020	44		–			38	–	18
25–27 Jul	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[38][39]	937	31[ca]		29[cb]			24	–	16
21–22 Jul	Kyodo News[40]	1,049	13.1		28			17.5	36.3[cc]	5.1
21–22 Jul	Yomiuri/NNN[41][42]	1,043	35		–			47	–	18
5–6 Jul	Kyodo News[k][47]	1,253	15		31.2			17.6	29.8[cd]	6.4
5–6 Jul	JNN[ce][48]	1,010	36		–			55	–	9
28–29 Jun	Kyodo News[k][51]	1,254	17.1		30.7			16	30.1[cf]	6.1
28–29 Jun	Mainichi/SSRC[52]	2,050	13		26			24	–	36
27–29 Jun	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[53][54]	775	32[cg]		25[ch]			25	2	17
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[ce][177]	1,162	37.3		–			34.3	–	28.4
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[61][62]	1,027	17.4		41.9[ci]			32.6	–	8.1
14–15 Jun	Asahi[63]	1,256	33		–			51	–	16
7–8 Jun	ANN[66]	1,025	44		–			40	–	16
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[68]	1,056	43		–			41	–	16
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[70][71]	892	33[cj]		26[ck]			22	2	17
16–19 May	Jiji Press[178]	1,176	20		28.2[cl]			21.4	–	30.4
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[cm][73][74]	1,025	38		–			53.7	–	8.3
17–18 May	Asahi[75]	1,209	17		49			22	–	12
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[79][80]	1,072	36		–			48	–	15
10–11 May	ANN[81]	1,016	43		–			41	–	16
3–4 May	JNN[ce][83]	1,026	39		–			49	–	12
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[86][87]	1,015	13.9		48.3			30.2	–	7.6
19–20 Apr	ANN[89]	1,030	43		–			40	–	17
12–13 Apr	Mainichi/SSRC[93][179]	2,040	9		25[cn]			22	10	34
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[94][95]	1,026	40		–			42	–	18
5–6 Apr	JNN[97]	1,031	20		38			29	–	13
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[107][108]	1,023	36		–			46	–	18
18–19 Jan	Asahi[132]	1,103	34		–			51	–	15
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[134][135]	1,015	41		–			40	–	19

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP–Komei–led coalition		LDP–Komei with other parties			CDP–led coalition[co]	Others	Und./ no ans.
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[148][149]	1,018	41		–			41	–	18
15–17 Nov	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[159][160]	800	72[cp]		30			13	1	14
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[161][162]	1,054	44		–			37	–	19
8–11 Nov	Jiji Press[163]	1,190	40.7		–			32.7	–	26.6
9–10 Nov	ANN[164]	1,025	50		–			34	–	17
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[166][167]	1,012	30.5		30.2			31.1	–	8.2
2–3 Nov	Asahi[168]	980	43		–			32	–	25
1–2 Nov	JNN[169]	1,020	44		–			41	–	15
28–29 Oct	Yomiuri/NNN[170][171]	1,068	43		–			40	–	17
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[172]	1,063	18.1		19.3			24.6	31.6[cq]	6.4

Preferred prime minister

After LDP presidential election

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Takaichi LDP	Noda CDP	Fujita Ishin	Tamaki DPFP	Others	NOT/ UD/NA
4–5 Oct	JNN[2]	1,036	65	11	1	7	–	16

LDP presidential election

Main article: 2025 Liberal Democratic Party (Japan) presidential election

(Figures in parentheses are approval ratings of Liberal Democratic Party supporters)

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Sanae Takaichi	Shinjirō Koizumi	Yoshimasa Hayashi	Takayuki Kobayashi	Toshimitsu Motegi	Others	NOT/ UD/NA
4 Oct	Election results	(626,555)	(40.05)	(28.59)	(20.89)	(5.15)	(5.32)	–	–
29–30 Sep	NTV/JX[180]	(1,210)	(35)	(28)	(23)	(5)	(4)	–	(5)
27–28 Sep	ANN[181]	1,025 (340)	31 (24)	33 (41)	14 (16)	3 (3)	5 (4)	–	14 (12)
27–28 Sep	Yomiuri[182]	3,143[cr] (519)[cs]	25 (28)	40 (41)	16 (13)	5 (8)	4 (4)	–	10 (6)
27–28 Sep	Kyodo News[183]	(1,044)	(34.4)	(29.3)	(19.5)	(3.8)	(5.2)	–	(7.8)
26–28 Sep	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[4][184][5]	915 (284)	34 (28)	25 (33)	14 (20)	4 (3)	5 (6)	–	18 (9)
23–24 Sep	NTV/JX[185]	(1,108)	(34)	(28)	(17)	(5)	(4)	–	(12)
20–21 Sep	Sankei/FNN[186][187]	1,018 (284)	28.3 (22.5)	25.7 (35.2)	11.1 (18.6)	4 (4)	3.8 (5.3)	–	27 (14.4)
20–21 Sep	Asahi[188]	1,176 (306)	28 (24)	24 (41)	9 (10)	5 (3)	4 (8)	–	30[ct] (14)[cu]
20–21 Sep	Mainichi/SSRC[189][190]	1,972 (375)	25 (22)	21 (40)	10 (11)	2 (5)	3 (5)	4	34 (17)
19–20 Sep	NTV/JX[191]	(1,010)	(28)	(32)	(15)	(7)	(5)	–	(14)
13–14 Sep	Senkyo.com/JX[192]	995	23.4	26.7	14.1	3.8	6.5	–	25.4

Before the LDP presidential election

2025

(Figures in parentheses are approval ratings of Liberal Democratic Party supporters)

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP									CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Others	NOT/ UD/NA
			Shigeru Ishiba	Sanae Takaichi	Shinjirō Koizumi	Yoshimasa Hayashi	Takayuki Kobayashi	Toshimitsu Motegi	Yōko Kamikawa	Taro Kono	Katsunobu Katō	Yoshihiko Noda	Seiji Maehara	Yuichiro Tamaki
12–15 Sep	Jiji Press[10]	1,162 (199)	–	21 (19.7)	23.8 (31.8)	5.9 (7.6)	3.1 (3.5)	5.9 (11.1)	1.4	2.8	0.9	–	–	–	–	35.2 (26.3)
13–14 Sep	Yomiuri/NNN[12][13]	1,043 (282)	–	29 (28)	25 (33)	6 (8)	3 (5)	7 (6)	2	7 (9)	1	–	–	–	0	22[cv] (11)
11–12 Sep	Kyodo News[14]	1,040 (245)	–	28 (15.7)	22.5 (36)	11.4 (14.9)	3.6 (2.8)	6.1 (8.6)	3.8 (2.7)	6.1 (7.3)	0.4 (0.7)	–	–	–	0.3	17.8 (11.3)
7 Sep	Shigeru Ishiba announces he will resign as President of the LDP. The 2025 LDP presidential election is scheduled for 4 October 2025.
6–7 Sep	Kyodo News[15]	1,045	9.9	26.7	19.4	4	3.4	4.3	4.4	8.3	1.3	–	–	–	0.2	18.1
6–7 Sep	JNN[16]	1,030	8.6	19.3	19.3	2.2	0.9	0.9	1.8	4.9	0.6	3.2	–	5.8	20.4[cw]	12.1
29–31 Aug	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[18][19]	955	8	23	22	4	3	1	–	4	–	4	–	7	4[cx]	20
23–24 Aug	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,022 (227)	14.4 (29)	23 (17)	20.9 (24.9)	2.7	1.8	1.2	1.6	5.1	0.3	–	–	–	2.3[cy]	26.7 (29.1)
23–24 Aug	ANN[22]	1,012	5	22	27	5	2	1	2	6	1	–	–	–	16	13
23–24 Aug	Mainichi/SSRC[23]	2,046	21	14	9	2	2	–	–	–	–	4	–	6	9[cz]	33
23–24 Aug	Kyodo News[24]	1,056	13.1	24.5	20.1	4.9	4.2	3.3	2.8	9.4	1.4	–	–	–	0.2	16.1
22–24 Aug	Yomiuri/NNN[25][26]	991	14	24	21	2	4	1	1	6	1	–	–	–	1[da]	23[db]
16–17 Aug	Senkyo.com/JX[28]	1,000	28.9	17.3	15.9	5.9	2.5	0.7	–	2.3	0.1	–	–	–	7.1	19.3
8–11 Aug	Jiji Press[193]	1,138 (179)	11.3 (24.6)	15.9 (19.6)	14.6 (21.2)	2.1	–	–	–	3.3	–	2.8	–	5.7	–	44.3 (34.6)
8 Aug	Fumitake Fujita succeed Seiji Maehara as co-leader of Ishin.[31]
2–3 Aug	JNN[32]	1,003	11.1	16.7	20.4	3.4	1.7	1.1	2.3	5.2	0.8	3.8	0.5	4.4	18.1	10.5
26–27 Jul	Sankei/FNN[33][34]	1,030	9.4	22.4	16	4.1	1.5	1	1.8	4.1	0.6	4.2	1.2	6.8	–	26.9[dc]
26–27 Jul	ANN[36]	1,020	13	20	23	5	4	2	1	6	0	–	–	–	10	16
26–27 Jul	Mainichi/SSRC[37]	2,045	20	15	8	2	2	–	–	–	–	5	–	8	8[dd]	32[de]
25–27 Jul	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[38][39]	937	6	20	20	5	2	2	–	4	–	5	1	9	5[df]	21
21–22 Jul	Yomiuri/NNN[41][42]	1,043	8	26	22	2	3	2	2	7	1	–	–	–	2[dg]	25[dh]
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[61][62]	1,027	7.9	16.4	20.7	2.4	1.3	1.2	1	4.2	0.4	6.8	0.2	4.1	–	33.4[di]
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[64]	990	15.4	15.6	19.9	6	–	–	–	2.5	–	6.5	1	2.5	13.1	17.6
24–25 May	Kyodo News[69]	1,064	7.3	21.5	15.9	2.6	3	1.1	4.6	5.1	1.4	5.4	0.5	9.3	0.6	21.7
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[73][74]	1,025	7.7	18.9	15.2	1.5	1.9	1.9	2	4.6	0.4	5.5	0.6	5.9	–	33.8[dj]
17–18 May	Asahi[75]	1,209	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	12	–	53[dk]

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Ishiba LDP	Noda CDP	Baba Ishin	Tamaki DPFP	Saito Komei	Yamamoto Reiwa	Tamura JCP	Others	NOT/ UD/NA
9–10 Nov	ANN[164]	1,025	37	15	1	9	1	5	1	20	13
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[166][167]	1,012	46.1	17.4	2.7	10.2	–	–	–	–	23.6
1–2 Nov	JNN[169]	1,020	50	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	15

Cabinet approval/disapproval ratings

Shigeru Ishiba

Approval Polling for the Ishiba Cabinet.

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Approve	Disapprove	Und. / no answer	Lead
4–5 Oct	JNN[2]	1,036	43.7	53	3.3	9.3
27–28 Sep	ANN[3]	1,025	34.3	47.1	18.6	12.8
26–28 Sep	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[4][5]	915	37	57	6	20
20–21 Sep	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,018	37.9	56	6.1	18.1
20–21 Sep	Mainichi/SSRC[9]	1,972	31	53	15	22
12–15 Sep	Jiji Press[194]	1,162	27.7	48.3	24	20.6
13–14 Sep	Senkyo.com/JX[11]	995	41.9[dl]	34.3[dm]	23.8	7.6
13–14 Sep	Yomiuri/NNN[12][13]	1,043	34	54	12	20
11–12 Sep	Kyodo News[14]	1,040	34.5	51.4	14.1	16.9
7 Sep	Shigeru Ishiba announces he will resign as President of the LDP.
6–7 Sep	Kyodo News[15]	1,045	32.7	51.6	15.7	18.9
6–7 Sep	JNN[16]	1,030	37.7	59.4	2.9	21.7
5–7 Sep	NHK[17]	1,186	39.2	42.2	18.5	3
2–8 Sep	Morning Consult	N/A	25.5	57.9	16.6	32.4
29–31 Aug	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[18][19]	955	42	53	5	11
23–24 Aug	Sankei/FNN[20][21]	1,022	38.8	57.1	4.1	18.3
23–24 Aug	ANN[22]	1,012	34.1	46.9	19	12.8
23–24 Aug	Mainichi/SSRC[23]	2,046	33	53	14	20
23–24 Aug	Kyodo News[24]	1,056	35.4	49.8	14.8	14.4
22–24 Aug	Yomiuri/NNN[25][26]	991	39	50	11	11
16–17 Aug	Asahi[27]	1,211	36	50	14	14
16–17 Aug	Senkyo.com/JX[28]	1,000	45.8[dn]	32.8[do]	21.4	13
9–11 Aug	NHK[29]	1,137	38.1	45.2	16.7	7.1
8–11 Aug	Jiji Press[30]	1,138	27.3	49.6	23.1	22.3
3–9 Aug	Morning Consult	N/A	23	62	15	39
2–3 Aug	JNN[32]	1,003	36.8	60.5	2.7	23.7
26–27 Jul	Sankei/FNN[33][34]	1,030	34.6	60.3	5.1	25.7
26–27 Jul	Asahi[35]	1,250	29	56	15	27
26–27 Jul	ANN[36]	1,020	31.6	50.2	18.2	18.6
26–27 Jul	Mainichi/SSRC[37]	2,045	29	59	13	30
25–27 Jul	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[38][39]	937	32	61	7	29
21–22 Jul	Kyodo News[40]	1,049	22.9	65.8	11.3	42.9
21–22 Jul	Yomiuri/NNN[41][42]	1,043	22	67	11	45
20 Jul	2025 Japanese House of Councillors election
11–14 Jul	Jiji Press[43]	1,180	20.8	55	24.2	30.8
12–13 Jul	Senkyo.com/JX[44]	991	35.5[dp]	39.4[dq]	25	3.9
11–13 Jul	NHK[k][45]	1,913	30.7	52.5	16.8	21.8
4–10 Jul	Morning Consult	N/A	23.3	61.7	15	38.4
5–6 Jul	ANN[46]	1,048	29.1	51	19.9	21.9
5–6 Jul	Kyodo News[k][47]	1,253	25.4	62.6	12	37.2
5–6 Jul	JNN[48]	1,010	32.8	63.6	3.6	30.8
4–6 Jul	NHK[k][49]	1,913	30.9	50.3	18.8	19.4
3–4 Jul	Asahi[50]	11,164	24	57	19	33
28–29 Jun	Kyodo News[k][51]	1,254	32.4	57.8	9.8	25.4
28–29 Jun	Mainichi/SSRC[52]	2,050	24	61	15	37
27–29 Jun	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[53][54]	775	37	57	6	20
27–29 Jun	Yomiuri/NNN[55][56]	1,061	32	53	15	21
27–29 Jun	NHK[k][57]	1,816	33.8	46	20.2	12.2
26–27 Jun	Agricultural News[173]		47.7	52	0.3	4.3
21–22 Jun	ANN[58]	1,031	29.1	49.6	21.3	20.5
21–22 Jun	Kyodo News[59]	1,050	32.5	50.9	16.6	18.4
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[177]	1,162	27	48.4	24.6	21.4
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[61][62]	1,027	38.2	57.4	4.4	19.2
14–15 Jun	Asahi[63]	1,256	32	52	16	20
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[64]	990	38.3[dr]	38.6[ds]	23	0.3
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[65]	1,049	37	48.4	14.6	11.4
3–9 Jun	Morning Consult	N/A	22.5	63.2	14.3	40.7
7–8 Jun	ANN[66]	1,025	34.4	46.4	19.2	12
6–8 Jun	NHK[67]	1,201	39.1	41.8	19.2	2.7
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[68]	1,056	34.6	62	3.4	27.4
24–25 May	Kyodo News[69]	1,064	31.7	52.6	15.7	20.9
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[70][71]	892	34	60	6	26
16–19 May	Jiji Press[72]	1,176	20.9	52.9	26.2	26.7
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[73][74]	1,025	32.9	61	6.1	28.1
17–18 May	Asahi[75]	1,209	33	56	11	23
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[76]	986	33.1[dt]	39.3[du]	27.5	6.2
17–18 May	Kyodo News[77]	1,064	27.4	55.1	17.5	27.7
17–18 May	Mainichi/SSRC[78]	2,045	22	62	16	40
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[79][80]	1,072	31	56	13	25
10–11 May	ANN[81]	1,016	27.6	48.7	23.8	21.1
9–11 May	NHK[82]	1,216	33.4	48.1	18.5	14.7
2–8 May	Morning Consult	N/A	20.4	63.9	15.7	43.5
3–4 May	JNN[83]	1,026	33.3	62.1	4.6	28.8
19–21 Apr	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[84][85]	799	33	60	6	27
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[86][87]	1,015	33.3	61.5	5.1	28.2
19–20 Apr	Asahi[88]	1,240	30	56	14	26
19–20 Apr	ANN[89]	1,030	31.4	47.4	21.2	16
11–14 Apr	Jiji Press[90]	1,140	23.1	51.2	25.7	25.5
12–13 Apr	Senkyo.com/JX[91]	995	31.4[dv]	39[dw]	29.5	7.6
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[92]	1,051	32.6	53.8	13.6	21.2
12–13 Apr	Mainichi/SSRC[93]	2,040	24	61	15	37
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[94][95]	1,026	31	54	15	23
11–13 Apr	NHK[96]	1,120	35.3	45.2	19.6	9.9
1–7 Apr	Morning Consult	N/A	18.8	66.1	15.1	47.3
5–6 Apr	JNN[97]	1,031	30.6	66.1	3.3	35.5
22–23 Mar	Sankei/FNN[98][99]	1,013	30.4	63	6.6	32,6
22–23 Mar	ANN[100]	1,025	29.2	52.2	18.5	23
22–23 Mar	Kyodo News[101]	1,046	27.6	57.8	14.6	30.2
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[102][103]	847	35	59	6	24
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[104]	998	30[dx]	43.9[dy]	26	13.9
15–16 Mar	Asahi[105]	1,137	26	59	15	33
15–16 Mar	Mainichi/SSRC[106]	2,047	23	64	13	41
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[107][108]	1,023	31	58	11	27
7–10 Mar	Jiji Press[109]	1,186	27.9	44.1	28	16.2
7–9 Mar	NHK[110]	1,225	36.2	44.8	19	8.6
27 Feb – 5 Mar	Morning Consult	N/A	24.6	56.8	18.6	32.2
1–2 Mar	JNN[111]	1,027	38.4	57.7	3.9	19.3
22–23 Feb	Sankei/FNN[112][113]	1,028	44.3	50.1	5.6	5.8
22–23 Feb	ANN[114]	1,034	37.5	41.1	21.3	3.6
21–23 Feb	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[115][116]	847	40	52	8	12
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[117]	1,004	40.6[dz]	31.1[ea]	28.4	9.5
15–16 Feb	Asahi[118]	1,111	40	44	16	4
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[119]	1,063	39.6	41.8	18.6	2.2
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[120]	2,043	30	54	16	24
14–16 Feb	Yomiuri/NNN[121][122]	1,033	39	43	18	4
7–9 Feb	NHK[123]	1,212	43.8	34.6	21.6	9.2
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[124]	1,126	28.5	40.1	31.4	8.6
1–2 Feb	JNN[125]	1,010	37.1	59.7	3.2	22.6
21–27 Jan	Morning Consult	N/A	24.6	54	21.4	29.4
25–26 Jan	ANN[126]	1,030	36.2	41.3	22.5	5.1
25–26 Jan	Kyodo News[127]	1,064	35.7	49.2	15.1	13.5
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[128][129]	946	43	50	7	7
18–19 Jan	Sankei/FNN[130][131]	1,005	43.5	48.7	7.8	5.2
18–19 Jan	Asahi[132]	1,103	33	51	16	18
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[133]	2,042	28	53	19	25
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[134][135]	1,015	40	46	14	6
11–13 Jan	NHK[136]	1,211	38.7	39.8	21.5	1.1
10–13 Jan	Jiji Press[137]	1,180	28.2	40.3	31.5	8.8
11–12 Jan	Senkyo.com/JX[138]	996	36[eb]	33.9[ec]	30.1	2.1
2–8 Jan	Morning Consult	N/A	24.5	54	21.5	29.5
4–5 Jan	JNN[139]	1,018	41.4	55.2	3.4	13.8

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Approve	Disapprove	Und. / no answer	Lead
20–22 Dec	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[140][141]	774	41	51	8	10
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[142]	996	34.4[ed]	35.9[ee]	29.7	1.5
14–15 Dec	Sankei/FNN[143][144]	1,020	45.9	47.7	6.4	1.8
14–15 Dec	Asahi[145]	1,049	36	43	21	7
14–15 Dec	Mainichi/SSRC[147]	2,045	30	53	17	23
14–15 Dec	Kyodo News[146]	1,056	36.5	43.1	20.4	6.6
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[148][149]	1,018	39	48	13	9
6–9 Dec	Jiji Press[150]	1,152	26.8	41.3	31.9	9.4
6–9 Dec	NHK[151]	1,224	37.7	38.3	24	0.6
7–8 Dec	ANN[152]	1,017	38.5	39.8	21.6	1.3
26 Nov – 2 Dec	Morning Consult	N/A	24.4	53.5	22.1	29.1
30 Nov – 1 Dec	JNN[153]	1,003	42.1	52.4	5.5	10.3
23–24 Nov	Mainichi/SSRC[155]	1,919	31	50	20	19
16–17 Nov	Kyodo News[156]	1,021	40	38.8	21.2	1.2
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[157]	1,003	39.7[ef]	29.9[eg]	30.5	9.8
15–17 Nov	NHK[158]	1,213	40.8	37	22.2	3.8
15–17 Nov	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[159][160]	800	46	46	8	Tie
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[161][162]	1,054	43	42	15	1
11 Nov	The Second Ishiba Cabinet is formed.
8–11 Nov	Jiji Press[163]	1,190	28.7	38.3	33	5.3
9–10 Nov	ANN[164]	1,025	38.3	37.3	24.4	1
29 Oct – 4 Nov	Morning Consult	N/A	23	53.4	23.6	29.8
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[166][167]	1,012	43.8	49.8	6.4	6
2–3 Nov	Asahi[168]	980	34	47	19	13
1–2 Nov	JNN[169]	1,020	38.9	57.3	3.8	18.4
28–29 Oct	Yomiuri/NNN[170][171]	1,068	34	51	15	17
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[172]	1,063	32.1	52.2	15.7	20.1

See also

• Opinion polling for the 2024 Japanese general election
• Opinion polling for the 2021 Japanese general election

Notes

1. Database from Chunichi Shimbun.
2. Online (smartphone based)
3. Not included in this article.
4. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.3%
5. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.4%
6. The Collaborative Party: 0.6%; Others: 0.3%
7. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.5%
8. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 0.6%
9. Election turnout.
10. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
11. Trend Survey
12. NHK Party: 0.3%; The Path to Rebirth: 0.6%; Team Mirai: 0.1%; Others: 1.3%
13. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.5%
14. The Collaborative Party: 0.5%; Others: 0.4%
15. NHK Party: 0.4%; Others: 1.9%
16. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.2%
17. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%
18. The Collaborative Party: 0.7%; Others: 0.5%
19. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.7%
20. The Collaborative Party: 0.9%; Others: 0.3%
21. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
22. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.1%
23. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
24. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
25. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
26. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.2%
27. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
28. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%
29. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
30. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.5%
31. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.2%
32. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
33. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
34. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.8%
35. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 0.4%
36. NHK Party: 0.3%; Others: 1.4%
37. Undecided: 37%; None: 3.8%
38. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.5%
39. Undecided: 40.3%; None: 4.1%
40. NHK Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.7%
41. Undecided/no answer: 35.8%; None: 1.5%
42. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 0.2%
43. Undecided/no answer: 31.4%; None: 5%
44. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 1.7%
45. The Collaborative Party: 1.1%; Others: 0.2%
46. Undecided/no answer: 32.1%; None: 4.3%
47. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.4%
48. Undecided/no answer: 29.1%; None: 8.3%
49. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 1.8%
50. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.3%
51. Undecided/no answer: 33.9%; None: 3.7%
52. Undecided/no answer: 31.6%; None: 6.2%
53. Undecided/no answer: 29.5%; None: 3.4%
54. The Collaborative Party: 0.5%; Others: 3%
55. Undecided/no answer: 36.6%; None: 7.6%
56. Undecided/no answer: 33.1%; None: 2.6%
57. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.3%
58. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 2.2%
59. Undecided/no answer: 31%; None: 3.4%
60. The Collaborative Party: 1%
61. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 1.9%
62. The Collaborative Party: 0.5%; Others: 0.2%
63. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.3%
64. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 1.8%
65. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 1%
66. The Collaborative Party: 0.7%; Others: 1.4%
67. The Collaborative Party: 0.04%; Shiji Nashi: 0.03%
68. Some polls refer it as "CDP–led coalition".
69. "A new government framework resulting from a political restructuring": 31.9%; Others: 0.5%
70. LDP–Komei with other parties: 46.9% (LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 20.3%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 25.6% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 25.8%; LDP–Komei–Sansei coalition: 9.7%; LDP–Komei–Other: 13.6%; No answer: 5%)
71. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 10.9%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 9.4% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11.6%; LDP–Komei–Sansei coalition: 7.1%
72. "A new government framework resulting from a political restructuring": 36.5%; Other: 0.1%
73. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 34%
74. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 9%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 12%
75. LDP–Komei with other parties: 48.3% (LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 19.8%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 22.7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 25.7%; LDP–Komei–Sansei coalition: 11.1%; LDP–Komei–Other: 13.3%; No answer: 7.4%)
76. LDP–Komei coalition with opposition parties cooperating on each policy: 43.7%
77. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 10.6%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 5.5% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11.7%; LDP–Komei–Sansei coalition: 8%
78. LDP–Komei with other parties: 46.3% (LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 21.3%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 21.7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 27.5%; LDP–Komei–Sansei coalition: 11.7%; LDP–Komei–Other: 9.8%; No answer: 8%)
79. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 31%
80. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 8%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 8% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 13%
81. "A new government framework resulting from a political restructuring": 36.2%; Others: 0.1%
82. "A new government framework resulting from a political restructuring": 29.8%
83. Question: What is your desired outcome in the House of Councillors election?
84. "A new government framework resulting from a political restructuring": 30.1%
85. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 32%
86. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11%
87. LDP–Komei with other parties: 41.9% (LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 26.4%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 22.3% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 23.5%; LDP–Komei–Other: 21.3%)
88. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 33%
89. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 12%
90. LDP–Komei coalition: 20%; LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 8.9%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7.6%; LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11.7%
91. Question: As a result of the House of Councillors election held this summer, how do you want the overall number of seats in the House of Councillors to change?
92. LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11%
93. Some polls refer it as "Opposition–led coalition".
94. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 42%
95. "A new framework through political realignment": 31.5%; Others: 0.1%
96. LDP supporters
97. LDP members
98. None of these: 25%; Don't know: 5%
99. None of these: 11%; Don't know: 3%
100. None of these: 14%; Don't know: 8%
101. Fumitake Fujita (Ishin): 0.1%; Others: 20.3%
102. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 2%; Others: 2%
103. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 2.3%
104. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 2%; Others: 7%
105. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 1%
106. None of these: 14%; Don't know: 9%
107. None of these: 21.2%; Don't know: 5.7%
108. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 3%; Others: 5%
109. Don't know: 31%; No answer: 1%
110. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 3%; Shun'ichi Suzuki (LDP): 1%; Ken Saitō (LDP): 1%
111. Fumio Kishida (LDP): 2%
112. None of these: 14%; Don't know: 11%
113. None of these: 25%; Don't know: 8.4%
114. None of these: 27.6%; Don't know: 6.2%
115. None of these: 49%; Don't know: 4%
116. Strongly approve: 12.7%; Approve on balance: 29.2%
117. Disapprove on balance: 13%; Completely disapprove: 21.3%
118. Strongly approve: 14.7%; Approve on balance: 31.1%
119. Disapprove on balance: 12.8%; Completely disapprove: 20%
120. Strongly approve: 11.3%; Approve on balance: 24.2%
121. Disapprove on balance: 15.6%; Completely disapprove: 23.8%
122. Strongly approve: 9.6%; Approve on balance: 28.7%
123. Disapprove on balance: 14.2%; Completely disapprove: 24.4%
124. Strongly approve: 8.3%; Approve on balance: 24.8%
125. Disapprove on balance: 15.4%; Completely disapprove: 23.9%
126. Strongly approve: 7.6%; Approve on balance: 23.8%
127. Disapprove on balance: 16.3%; Completely disapprove: 22.7%
128. Strongly approve: 8.1%; Approve on balance: 21.9%
129. Disapprove on balance: 19.3%; Completely disapprove: 24.6%
130. Strongly approve: 9.7%; Approve on balance: 30.9%
131. Disapprove on balance: 11.5%; Completely disapprove: 19.6%
132. Strongly approve: 10.5%; Approve on balance: 25.5%
133. Disapprove on balance: 15.4%; Completely disapprove: 18.5%
134. Strongly approve: 10%; Approve on balance: 24.4%
135. Disapprove on balance: 15.9%; Completely disapprove: 20%
136. Strongly approve: 10%; Approve on balance: 29.7%
137. Disapprove on balance: 13.3%; Completely disapprove: 16.6%