Approval rating for Japan's Abe falls three points

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is continuing to get punished in approval polls across Japan following the Moritomo scandal.

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Japan's government heads into Monday following Shinzo Abe's slip in two national approval polls.

The Prime Minister's approval rating sunk to 30 percent in the Mainichi poll and 39 percent in the Yomiuri poll.

a 3 point decline for both polls.

PM Abe is a major proponent of the Bank of Japan's current monetary policy, and his ousting could possibly see a more hawkish replacement.