Local News

The Nishinippon Shimbun conducted a telephone survey of residents in Miyazaki Prefecture and found that the combination of people who supported or somewhat supported Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru has fallen from 95.4% in July 2007 to 82.9% last month. Those who disapprove have risen from 3.1% to 10.2%. The decline in popularity stems from his interest in running for the Diet, and then, when deciding to finish his term as governor, saying, “It would be easier just to hang out in Miyazaki (for the rest of my term).”