民意调查显示，日本首相高市早苗的公众支持率因一名内阁成员因丑闻辞职而下降，但与其他最近的首相相比，她在任职一年后的支持率仍然相对较高。
Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi slipped after a member of her cabinet resigned over a scandal, opinion polls show, but her approval ratings remain relatively strong compared to other recent premiers after a year in office.
全日本新闻网络在10月17日和18日进行的一项调查显示，高市内阁的支持率下降了11.2个百分点，降至47.1%，这是媒体机构进行的一系列类似民调中降幅最大的。读卖新闻的一项调查显示支持率下降了两个百分点，降至57%。
A survey conducted by the All Nippon News network over Oct. 17 and 18 showed an 11.2 percentage point tumble in support for Takaichi’s administration to 47.1%, the largest decline among an array of similar polls by media organizations. A survey conducted by the Yomiuri newspaper showed a two percentage point decline to 57%.
农林水产大臣矢野和雄上周因媒体报道称他违反了选举资金规则，并吹嘘自己削减了对其竞选在二月未予支持的市镇的资金而辞职。矢野否认违法，并表示他辞职是出于对议会运作和其部长职责造成影响的担忧。
Agriculture Minister Kazuo Yana stood down last week after media reports alleged he breached electoral funding rules and bragged about cutting funding for municipalities that did not support his campaign in February. Yana denied breaking the law, and said he was stepping down out of concern for holding up parliament and his ministerial duties.
尽管她最初为他辩护，但高市接受了他的辞职，并任命武部新为其继任者。
Although she initially defended him, Takaichi accepted his resignation and named Arata Takebe as his replacement.
尽管高市的支持率出现下降，但她仍然总体上比其他最近的首相在其各自政府任职一年时更受欢迎。朝日新闻在周末进行的一项调查显示，高市的支持率下降了一个百分点，降至50%。
Japan’s Takaichi Sees First Minister Quit Over Vote-Buying Claim Despite the decline in Takaichi’s approval ratings, she remains generally more popular than other recent prime ministers were at the one-year point in their respective administrations. A survey over the weekend by the Asahi newspaper showed Takaichi’s approval rating had fallen one percentage point to 50%.
相比之下，朝日新闻指出，小泉纯一郎在2001年成为首相时其支持率约为80%，而在其政府任职一年时，其支持率在该报的调查中为42%。
In comparison, the Asahi noted that Junichiro Koizumi, who became prime minister in 2001 with approval ratings around 80%, had an approval rating of 42% at the one-year point in his administration in the newspaper’s survey.
高市早苗于2025年10月21日成为首相，如果她希望在任期结束后继续留任，则需要在其任期结束约一年时重新当选为自由民主党总裁。
Takaichi became prime minister on Oct. 21, 2025 and will need to be re-elected leader of the Liberal Democratic Party when her term ends in approximately a year if she is to stay on beyond that.