Support for Japan's Abe sags: poll

Japanese public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has dropped in the days since his ruling coalition rammed through legislation allowing the nation's troops to fight abroad, opinion polls showed yesterday.

A weekend poll taken by the top-selling, centre-right newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun showed that public support for the Abe government dropped four points to 41 percent compared with a similar survey taken in mid-August.

Its disapproval rating rose six points to 51 percent, the Yomiuri said.