According to public opinion polls in various newspapers, the Kishida Cabinet’s approval rating is dangerously low. The Mainichi Shimbun has 14%, the Asahi Shimbun has 21%, and the Sankei Shimbun has 22%. The reason is clear: the Liberal Democratic Party’s slush funds. Furthermore, the fact that Japan’s GDP has entered recession after two consecutive quarters of negative growth, and that it can no longer be called an economic powerhouse has had an impact, as its GDP for the past year has been surpassed by Germany and placed it in fourth place. The next election is likely to be quite rough. We don’t know when Prime Minister Kishida will hang up his dissolution card, but will he be able to regain the trust of his people by then? (Kei)