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	DIY	CPJ	SDP	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Lead
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[1]	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[2][3]	1,027	24.7	6.8	2.7	7.9	3.3	3.5	2.6	3.9	0.6	0.3	–	36.7	7	12
14–15 Jun	Asahi[4]	1,256	23	7	2	6	3	4	2	3	1	0	1	40	8	17
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[5]	990	29.4	13.7	2.8	4.6	3.6	2.1	4.4	2.6	1.9	1	0.3[d]	33.3	0.3	3.9
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[6]	1,049	27.7	7.9	4.9	10.6	4.4	3.7	2.8	4.8	1.4	1	1.2[e]	27.6	2	0.1
7–8 Jun	ANN[7]	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[8]	1,201	31.6	5.8	2.5	5.4	3.2	1.7	1.9	1.9	0.9	0.4	0.8[f]	37.8	6.1	6.2
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[9]	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[10]	1,064	28.4	12.1	6.5	14.1	4.5	4.7	2.6	2.4	0.9	0.5	1.2[g]	19.4	2.7	9
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[11]	892	28	9	6	11	5	5	2	3	1	0	–	27	4	1
16–19 May	Jiji Press[12]	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[13][14]	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[15]	1,209	24	7	2	8	3	3	2	2	1	0	–	40	8	16
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[16]	986	27	13.5	3.5	7.4	4	1.6	4.3	2.5	2.4	1.1	0.2[h]	32.3	–	5.3
17–18 May	Kyodo News[17]	1,064	25	12.1	4.9	13.2	4.7	6.5	3.9	2.6	1.5	1.1	0.5[i]	21.2	2.8	3.8
17–18 May	Mainichi[18]	2,045	16	9	4	13	2	5	2	2	2	1	–	42	2	26
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[19][20]	1,072	25	6	2	11	2	4	1	1	1	0	–	41	4	16
10–11 May	ANN[21]	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[22]	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[23]	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[24]	799	31	10	4	14	3	4	2	1	1	1	–	25	4	6
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[25][26]	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[27]	1,240	23	7	3	12	3	3	2	1	1	0	1	37	7	14
19–20 Apr	ANN[28]	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[29]	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[30]	995	27.7	12.9	3.7	7.7	3.2	3.2	4.6	1.5	1	1.3	0.1[j]	33	–	5.3
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[31]	1,051	25.8	11.9	4.9	18.4	4.2	4.8	3.4	1	1.9	0.7	0.2[k]	20.1	2.7	5.7
12–13 Apr	Mainichi[32]	2,040	18	10	3	15	3	5	2	0	0	0	–	41	3	23
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[33][34]	1,026	28	6	2	13	3	3	2	1	1	0	–	37	4	9
11–13 Apr	NHK[35]	1,120	29.7	5.8	2.4	7.9	3.8	2.6	2.1	1	0.6	0.4	0.1[l]	36.9	6.6	7.2
5–6 Apr	JNN[36]	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[37][38]	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[39]	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[40]	1,046	27.7	11.1	5.4	12.9	3.8	7	3.6	1.3	0.3	0.8	0.3[m]	23	2.8	4.7
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[41][42]	847	32	10	7	13	2	5	2	1	1	0	–	22	4	10
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[43]	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[44]	1,137	23	7	3	11	3	3	1	1	1	0	–	38	9	15
15–16 Mar	Mainichi[45]	2,047	19	11	4	16	2	5	1	1	1	0	–	39	1	20
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[46][47]	1,023	26	6	3	12	2	3	1	0	1	0	–	40	5	14
7–10 Mar	Jiji Press[48]	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[49]	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[50]	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[51][52]	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[53]	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[54]	847	30	11	6	13	4	6	2	0	1	0	–	21	5	9
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[55]	1,004	27.5	15.1	4.8	5.9	3.7	2.7	4.5	0.9	1.8	1.2	0.2[n]	31.8	–	4.3
15–16 Feb	Asahi[56]	1,111	25	7	2	10	3	4	2	1	1	0	–	36	9	11
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[57]	1,063	30.6	10.4	7.6	10.8	3.2	7.3	2.3	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.4[o]	18.5	5.3	12.1
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[58]	2,043	18	10	5	14	3	5	2	0	0	0	–	39	4	21
14–16 Feb	Yomiuri/NNN[59][60]	1,033	26	8	3	8	3	4	2	0	0	0	1	39	4	13
7–9 Feb	NHK[61]	1,212	31.3	9.2	3.2	6.8	3.5	2.1	2.2	0.5	1	0.8	0.2[p]	32.8	6.5	1.5
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[62]	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[63]	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[64]	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[65]	1,064	29.6	10.7	5.4	14.4	4.4	4.6	3.7	1.4	1.3	0.6	0.8[q]	19.3	3.8	10.3
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[66][67]	946	33	10	6	14	3	4	2	1	1	0	–	20	6	13
18–19 Jan	Sankei/FNN[68][69]	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[70]	1,103	23	7	3	12	4	3	3	1	0	0	–	37	7	14
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[71]	2,042	20	11	5	15	2	4	2	1	2	0	–	38	–	18
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[72][73]	1,015	28	5	3	13	4	4	2	1	1	0	–	34	4	6
11–13 Jan	NHK[74]	1,211	30.5	8.1	3.6	6.4	2.7	2.1	1.3	0.3	1.1	0.3	0.3[r]	37.8	5.4	7.3
10–13 Jan	Jiji Press[75]	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[76]	996	26.8	17	4.8	5.7	4.1	3.2	6	0.7	1.8	0.7	0.1[s]	29	–	2.2
4–5 Jan	JNN[77]	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	DIY	CPJ	SDP	Others	No party	Und./ no ans.	Lead
20–22 Dec	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[78][79]	774	32	9	5	14	3	3	3	1	1	1	–	24	3	8
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[80]	996	26.8	17.2	4.8	5.7	2.9	1.8	3.8	1	2.5	1.3	0.2[t]	31.9	–	5.1
14–15 Dec	Sankei/FNN[81][82]	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[83]	1,049	24	9	4	11	3	2	2	1	1	0	1	35	7	11
14–15 Dec	Kyodo News[84]	1,056	29.1	11.3	5	12.6	2.3	5	2.7	1.8	2.1	0.6	1.2[u]	22.5	3.8	6.6
14–15 Dec	Mainichi/SSRC[85]	2,045	20	11	5	13	2	4	2	1	2	0	–	38	2	18
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[86][87]	1,018	24	8	4	12	5	3	2	0	0	0	–	36	4	12
6–9 Dec	Jiji Press[88]	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[89]	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[90]	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[91]	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 leaders of Ishin.[92]
23–24 Nov	Mainichi/SSRC[93]	1,919	21	12	5	13	3	4	2	1	2	1	–	38	–	17
16–17 Nov	Kyodo News[94]	1,021	30.5	15.1	4.4	9	3.9	6.9	2.5	2.5	1.6	0.3	0.6[v]	20.9	1.8	9.6
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[95]	1,003	26.9	16.0	4.3	5.6	4.2	2.5	5.1	1.0	1.7	0.9	–	31.9	–	5.0
15–17 Nov	NHK[96]	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[97][98]	800	30	16	5	11	4	4	5	2	1	1	–	19	2	11
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[99][100]	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[101]	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[102]	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.[103]
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[104][105]	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[106]	980	26	13	2	10	3	3	2	1	1	0	–	29	10	3
1–2 Nov	JNN[107]	1,020	24.6	12.8	4.0	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[108][109]	1,068	25	14	5	7	4	4	3	2	1	1	–	31	3	6
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[110]	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%[w]	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	DIY	CPJ	SDP	Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[1]	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[2][3]	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[x]		11.9
14–15 Jun	Asahi[4]	1,256	26	12	7	10	5	7	4	4	1	1	2	21		5
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[5]	990	30.4	18.8	5.6	7.4	4.7	3.8	5.9	3.1	3.2	1.1	1.8[y]	14.1	–	11.6
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[6]	1,049	25.9	9.2	5.1	11.5	3.7	4.3	3.2	4.3	2	1.1	1.3[z]	28.4		2.5
7–8 Jun	ANN[7]	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[aa]		10.2
24–25 May	Kyodo News[10]	1,064	28.6	13.6	6.3	14.3	4.4	5.2	2.3	2.6	1.6	1	0.7[ab]	19.4		9.2
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[11]	892	26	12	7	12	5	7	2	3	2	0	–	14	8	12
16–19 May	Jiji Press[12]	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[13][14]	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[ac]		13.9
17–18 May	Asahi[15]	1,209	26	13	6	13	5	7	4	3	2	1	3	17		9
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[16]	986	25.8	19.2	6	10.9	5.5	3	6	2.1	2.6	1.3	2.1[ad]	15.4	–	6.6
17–18 May	Kyodo News[17]	1,064	20.2	14.2	6	12.4	5.7	5.9	3.8	2.4	1.2	1.3	0.7[ae]	26.2		6
17–18 May	Mainichi[18]	2,045	15	10	4	14	3	5	3	3	2	1	–	40	–	25
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[19][20]	1,072	26	10	6	14	4	7	2	2	1	1	–	22	5	4
10–11 May	ANN[21]	1,016	25.8	8.9	2.9	10.6	4	3.9	2.7	0.8	1	0.8	1	37.6[af]		11.8
3–4 May	JNN[23]	1,026	26	11	9	15	6	7	3	2	1	1	4	16		10
19–21 Apr	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[24]	799	29	14	6	15	4	6	3	1	2	1	–	12	7	14
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[25][26]	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[ag]		14.1
19–20 Apr	Asahi[27]	1,240	23	12	7	17	4	7	5	2	1	1	2	19		4
19–20 Apr	ANN[28]	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[ah]		5.7
11–14 Apr	Jiji Press[111]	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[30]	995	25.3	16.6	7.9	11.6	5	4.5	6.6	1.6	1.4	1.1	3.5[ai]	14.8	–	8.7
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[31]	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[32]	2,040	16	11	4	16	3	5	3	1	1	1	–	38	–	22
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[33][34]	1,026	27	10	5	15	4	6	4	1	2	0	–	19	7	8
22–23 Mar	Sankei/FNN[37][38]	1,013	19.3	8.5	3.2	12	2.6	5.3	2.6	1	0.9	0.4	–	44.2[aj]		24.9
22–23 Mar	ANN[39]	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[ak]		11.6
22–23 Mar	Kyodo News[40]	1,046	24.3	12.5	6.4	13.4	4.1	7.3	3.6	1.2	0.3	1.1	0.4[al]	25.4		1.1
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[41][42]	847	29	13	9	14	3	8	3	1	1	0	1	11	8	18
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[43]	998	23.7	20.6	6.2	13.9	4.4	3.4	6.8	1.2	1.7	1.3	2.4[am]	14.2	–	3.1
15–16 Mar	Asahi[44]	1,137	24	12	7	17	5	7	3	1	2	1	3	19		5
15–16 Mar	Mainichi[45]	2,047	16	13	5	17	2	5	2	1	1	0	1	38	–	21
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[46][47]	1,023	25	11	6	17	4	5	3	1	1	0	–	20	6	5
22–23 Feb	ANN[53]	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[an]		10.8
21–23 Feb	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[54]	847	29	13	7	14	4	8	3	1	1	0	1[ao]	10	9	15
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[55]	1,004	25.7	20.8	8.3	9.8	4.2	4.6	5.6	0.6	2.2	1.5	2.3[ap]	14.5	–	4.9
15–16 Feb	Asahi[56]	1,111	26	11	5	16	5	9	4	2	2	1	1	18		8
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[57]	1,063	24.9	11.3	6.8	11.5	3.5	5.9	2.5	1.8	1.9	0.5	0.7[aq]	28.7		3.8
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[58]	2,043	16	11	5	15	3	5	2	0	2	0	–	38	3	22
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[112]	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[65]	1,064	26	12.9	5.8	14.9	3.8	4.4	4.1	1	1.4	0.3	0.4[ar]	25		1
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[66][67]	946	32	13	8	15	3	5	3	2	2	1	–	11	8	17
18–19 Jan	Asahi[70]	1,103	25	15	8	15	6	6	3	1	1	2	2	16		9
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[71]	2,042	17	14	6	16	2	4	2	1	2	0	1	35	–	18
11–12 Jan	Senkyo.com/JX[76]	996	27	21.2	8	8.8	4.5	4.2	7	1.3	2.2	0.8	2[as]	12.9	–	5.8

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP	CDP	Ishin	DPFP	Komei	Reiwa	JCP	DIY	CPJ	SDP	Others	None/Und.	No ans.	Lead
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[80]	996	23.8	22.7	9.1	10.3	4.5	2.7	5.3	1.5	2	1.5	1.3[at]	15.2	–	1.1
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[95]	1,003	26.3	21.0	7.8	10.8	5.3	2.7	6.4	1.9	2.6	0.7	2.1[au]	12.5	–	5.3
27 Oct	Election results	53.84%[w]	26.7	21.2	9.4	11.3	10.9	7	6.2	3.4	2.1	1.7	–	–	–	5.5

Preferred coalition

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP–Komei–led coalition		CDP–led coalition[av]	Other	Und./ no ans.
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[aw][113]	1,162	37.3		34.3	–	28.4
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[2][3]	1,027	59.3[ax]		32.6	–	8.1
14–15 Jun	Asahi[4]	1,256	33		51	–	16
7–8 Jun	ANN[7]	1,025	44		40	–	16
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[9]	1,056	43		41	–	16
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[11]	892	59[ay]		22	2	17
16–19 May	Jiji Press[114]	1,176	48.2[az]		21.4	–	30.4
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[ba][13][14]	1,025	38		53.7	–	8.3
17–18 May	Asahi[15]	1,209	66[bb]		22	–	12
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[19][20]	1,072	36		48	–	15
10–11 May	ANN[21]	1,016	43		41	–	16
3–4 May	JNN[aw][23]	1,026	39		49	–	12
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[25][26]	1,015	62.2[bc]		30.2	–	7.6
19–20 Apr	ANN[28]	1,030	43		40	–	17
12–13 Apr	Mainichi[32][115]	2,040	34[bd]		22	10	34
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[33][34]	1,026	40		42	–	18
5–6 Apr	JNN[36]	1,031	58[be]		29	–	13
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[46][47]	1,023	36		46	–	18
18–19 Jan	Asahi[70]	1,103	34		51	–	15
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[72][73]	1,015	41		40	–	19

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	LDP–Komei–led coalition		CDP–led coalition[bf]	Other	Und./ no ans.
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[86][87]	1,018	41		41	–	18
15–17 Nov	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[97][98]	800	72[bg]		13[bh]	1	14
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[99][100]	1,054	44		37	–	19
8–11 Nov	Jiji Press[101]	1,190	40.7		32.7	–	26.6
9–10 Nov	ANN[102]	1,025	50		34	–	17
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[104][105]	1,012	60.7[bi]		31.1	–	8.2
2–3 Nov	Asahi[106]	980	43		32	–	25
1–2 Nov	JNN[107]	1,020	44		41	–	15
28–29 Oct	Yomiuri/NNN[108][109]	1,068	43		40	–	17
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[110]	1,063	37.4[bj]		24.6	31.6[bk]	6.4

Preferred prime minister

2025

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
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[2][3]	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[bl]
24–25 May	Kyodo News[10]	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[13][14]	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[bm]
17–18 May	Asahi[15]	1,209	21	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	11	3	12	–	53[bn]

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[102]	1,025	37	15	1	9	1	5	1	20	13
2–3 Nov	Sankei/FNN[104][105]	1,012	46.1	17.4	2.7	10.2	–	–	–	–	23.6
1–2 Nov	JNN[107]	1,020	50	35	–	–	–	–	–	–	15

Cabinet approval/disapproval ratings

2025

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Prime Minister	Approve	Disapprove	Und. / no answer	Lead
13–16 Jun	Jiji Press[113]	1,162	Shigeru Ishiba	27	48.4	24.6	21.4
14–15 Jun	Sankei/FNN[2][3]	1,027		38.2	57.4	4.4	19.2
14–15 Jun	Asahi[4]	1,256		32	52	16	20
14–15 Jun	Senkyo.com/JX[5]	990		38.3[bo]	38.6[bp]	23	0.3
14–15 Jun	Kyodo News[6]	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[7]	1,025		34.4	46.4	19.2	12
6–8 Jun	NHK[8]	1,201		39.1	41.8	19.2	2.7
31 May – 1 Jun	JNN[9]	1,056		34.6	62	3.4	27.4
24–25 May	Kyodo News[10]	1,064		31.7	52.6	15.7	20.9
23–25 May	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[11]	892		34	60	6	26
16–19 May	Jiji Press[12]	1,176		20.9	52.9	26.2	26.7
17–18 May	Sankei/FNN[13][14]	1,025		32.9	61	6.1	28.1
17–18 May	Asahi[15]	1,209		33	56	11	23
17–18 May	Senkyo.com/JX[16]	986		33.1[bq]	39.3[br]	27.5	6.2
17–18 May	Kyodo News[17]	1,064		27.4	55.1	17.5	27.7
17–18 May	Mainichi[18]	2,045		22	62	16	40
16–18 May	Yomiuri/NNN[19][20]	1,072		31	56	13	25
10–11 May	ANN[21]	1,016		27.6	48.7	23.8	21.1
9–11 May	NHK[22]	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[23]	1,026		33.3	62.1	4.6	28.8
19–21 Apr	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[24]	799		33	60	6	27
19–20 Apr	Sankei/FNN[25][26]	1,015		33.3	61.5	5.1	28.2
19–20 Apr	Asahi[27]	1,240		30	56	14	26
19–20 Apr	ANN[28]	1,030		31.4	47.4	21.2	16
11–14 Apr	Jiji Press[29]	1,140		23.1	51.2	25.7	25.5
12–13 Apr	Senkyo.com/JX[30]	995		31.4[bs]	39[bt]	29.5	7.6
12–13 Apr	Kyodo News[31]	1,051		32.6	53.8	13.6	21.2
12–13 Apr	Mainichi[32]	2,040		24	61	15	37
11–13 Apr	Yomiuri/NNN[33][34]	1,026		31	54	15	23
11–13 Apr	NHK[35]	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[36]	1,031		30.6	66.1	3.3	35.5
22–23 Mar	Sankei/FNN[37][38]	1,013		30.4	63	6.6	32,6
22–23 Mar	ANN[39]	1,025		29.2	52.2	18.5	23
22–23 Mar	Kyodo News[40]	1,046		27.6	57.8	14.6	30.2
21–23 Mar	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[41][42]	847		35	59	6	24
15–16 Mar	Senkyo.com/JX[43]	998		30[bu]	43.9[bv]	26	13.9
15–16 Mar	Asahi[44]	1,137		26	59	15	33
15–16 Mar	Mainichi[45]	2,047		23	64	13	41
14–16 Mar	Yomiuri/NNN[46][47]	1,023		31	58	11	27
7–10 Mar	Jiji Press[48]	1,186		27.9	44.1	28	16.2
7–9 Mar	NHK[49]	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[50]	1,027		38.4	57.7	3.9	19.3
22–23 Feb	Sankei/FNN[51][52]	1,028		44.3	50.1	5.6	5.8
22–23 Feb	ANN[53]	1,034		37.5	41.1	21.3	3.6
21–23 Feb	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[54]	847		40	52	8	12
15–16 Feb	Senkyo.com/JX[55]	1,004		40.6[bw]	31.1[bx]	28.4	9.5
15–16 Feb	Asahi[56]	1,111		40	44	16	4
15–16 Feb	Kyodo News[57]	1,063		39.6	41.8	18.6	2.2
15–16 Feb	Mainichi/SSRC[58]	2,043		30	54	16	24
14–16 Feb	Yomiuri/NNN[59][60]	1,033		39	43	18	4
7–9 Feb	NHK[61]	1,212		43.8	34.6	21.6	9.2
6–9 Feb	Jiji Press[62]	1,126		28.5	40.1	31.4	8.6
1–2 Feb	JNN[63]	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[64]	1,030		36.2	41.3	22.5	5.1
25–26 Jan	Kyodo News[65]	1,064		35.7	49.2	15.1	13.5
24–26 Jan	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[66][67]	946		43	50	7	7
18–19 Jan	Sankei/FNN[68][69]	1,005		43.5	48.7	7.8	5.2
18–19 Jan	Asahi[70]	1,103		33	51	16	18
18–19 Jan	Mainichi/SSRC[71]	2,042		28	53	19	25
17–19 Jan	Yomiuri/NNN[72][73]	1,015	40	46	14	6
11–13 Jan	NHK[74]	1,211	38.7	39.8	21.5	1.1
10–13 Jan	Jiji Press[75]	1,180	28.2	40.3	31.5	8.8
11–12 Jan	Senkyo.com/JX[76]	996	36[by]	33.9[bz]	30.1	2.1
2–8 Jan	Morning Consult	N/A	24.5	54	21.5	29.5
4–5 Jan	JNN[77]	1,018	41.4	55.2	3.4	13.8

2024

Fieldwork date	Polling firm	Sample size	Prime Minister	Approve	Disapprove	Und. / no answer	Lead
20–22 Dec	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[78][79]	774	Shigeru Ishiba	41	51	8	10
14–15 Dec	Senkyo.com/JX[80]	996		34.4[ca]	35.9[cb]	29.7	1.5
14–15 Dec	Sankei/FNN[81][82]	1,020		45.9	47.7	6.4	1.8
14–15 Dec	Asahi[83]	1,049		36	43	21	7
14–15 Dec	Mainichi/SSRC[85]	2,045		30	53	17	23
14–15 Dec	Kyodo News[84]	1,056		36.5	43.1	20.4	6.6
13–15 Dec	Yomiuri/NNN[86][87]	1,018		39	48	13	9
6–9 Dec	Jiji Press[88]	1,152		26.8	41.3	31.9	9.4
6–9 Dec	NHK[89]	1,224		37.7	38.3	24	0.6
7–8 Dec	ANN[90]	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[91]	1,003		42.1	52.4	5.5	10.3
23–24 Nov	Mainichi/SSRC[93]	1,919		31	50	20	19
16–17 Nov	Kyodo News[94]	1,021		40	38.8	21.2	1.2
16–17 Nov	Senkyo.com/JX[95]	1,003		39.7[cc]	29.9[cd]	30.5	9.8
15–17 Nov	NHK[96]	1,213		40.8	37	22.2	3.8
15–17 Nov	Nikkei/TV Tokyo[97][98]	800		46	46	8	Tie
11–12 Nov	Yomiuri/NNN[99][100]	1,054		43	42	15	1
11 Nov	The Second Ishiba Cabinet is formed.
8–11 Nov	Jiji Press[101]	1,190	Shigeru Ishiba	28.7	38.3	33	5.3
9–10 Nov	ANN[102]	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[104][105]	1,012		43.8	49.8	6.4	6
2–3 Nov	Asahi[106]	980		34	47	19	13
1–2 Nov	JNN[107]	1,020		38.9	57.3	3.8	18.4
28–29 Oct	Yomiuri/NNN[108][109]	1,068		34	51	15	17
28–29 Oct	Kyodo News[110]	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%
5. The Collaborative Party: 0.7%; Others: 0.5%
6. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.7%
7. The Collaborative Party: 0.9%; Others: 0.3%
8. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
9. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.1%
10. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
11. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
12. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
13. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.2%
14. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
15. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%
16. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
17. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.5%
18. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.2%
19. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%
20. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%
21. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.8%
22. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 0.4%
23. Election turnout.
24. Undecided/no answer: 31.4%; None: 5%
25. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 1.7%
26. The Collaborative Party: 1.1%; Others: 0.2%
27. Undecided/no answer: 32.1%; None: 4.3%
28. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 0.4%
29. Undecided/no answer: 29.1%; None: 8.3%
30. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 1.8%
31. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 0.3%
32. Undecided/no answer: 33.9%; None: 3.7%
33. Undecided/no answer: 31.6%; None: 6.2%
34. Undecided/no answer: 29.5%; None: 3.4%
35. The Collaborative Party: 0.5%; Others: 3%
36. Undecided/no answer: 36.6%; None: 7.6%
37. Undecided/no answer: 33.1%; None: 2.6%
38. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.3%
39. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 2.2%
40. Undecided/no answer: 31%; None: 3.4%
41. The Collaborative Party: 1%
42. The Collaborative Party: 0.4%; Others: 1.9%
43. The Collaborative Party: 0.5%; Others: 0.2%
44. The Collaborative Party: 0.1%; Others: 0.3%
45. The Collaborative Party: 0.2%; Others: 1.8%
46. The Collaborative Party: 0.3%; Others: 1.0%
47. The Collaborative Party: 0.7%; Others: 1.4%
48. Some polls refer it as "Opposition–led coalition".
49. Question: What is your desired outcome in the House of Councillors election?
50. LDP–Komei coalition: 17.4%; 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%)
51. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 33%; LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7% LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 12%
52. LDP–Komei coalition: 20%; LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 8.9%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7.6%; LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11.7%
53. 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?
54. LDP–Komei coalition: 17%; LDP–Komei with other parties: 49%
55. LDP–Komei coalition: 13.9%; LDP–Komei with other parties: 48.3%
56. LDP–Komei coalition: 9%; LDP–Komei–CDP coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 7%; LDP–Komei–DPFP coalition: 11%
57. LDP–Komei coalition: 20%; "Reorganize the coalition by adding opposition parties to the LDP–Komeito": 38%
58. Some polls refer it as "Opposition–led coalition".
59. "Opposition parties cooperating with the LDP–Komeito government on each policy basis": 42%; "A coalition government between the LDP–Komeito and opposition parties": 30%
60. "A coalition government between the opposition parties": 13%
61. LDP–Komei coalition: 30.5%; LDP–Komei with other parties: 30.2%
62. LDP–Komei coalition: 18.1%; LDP–Komei–Ishin coalition: 19.3%
63. "A new framework through political realignment": 31.5%; Others: 0.1%
64. None of these: 25%; Don't know: 8.4%
65. None of these: 27.6%; Don't know: 6.2%
66. None of these: 49%; Don't know: 4%
67. Strongly approve: 9.6%; Approve on balance: 28.7%
68. Disapprove on balance: 14.2%; Completely disapprove: 24.4%
69. Strongly approve: 8.3%; Approve on balance: 24.8%
70. Disapprove on balance: 15.4%; Completely disapprove: 23.9%
71. Strongly approve: 7.6%; Approve on balance: 23.8%
72. Disapprove on balance: 16.3%; Completely disapprove: 22.7%
73. Strongly approve: 8.1%; Approve on balance: 21.9%
74. Disapprove on balance: 19.3%; Completely disapprove: 24.6%
75. Strongly approve: 9.7%; Approve on balance: 30.9%
76. Disapprove on balance: 11.5%; Completely disapprove: 19.6%
77. Strongly approve: 10.5%; Approve on balance: 25.5%
78. Disapprove on balance: 15.4%; Completely disapprove: 18.5%
79. Strongly approve: 10%; Approve on balance: 24.4%
80. Disapprove on balance: 15.9%; Completely disapprove: 20.0%
81. Strongly approve: 10%; Approve on balance: 29.7%
82. Disapprove on balance: 13.3%; Completely disapprove: 16.6%