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Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll

STORY: Support rate for Japan's Kishida cabinet hits fresh low: poll SHOOTING TIME: Earlier footage DATELINE: April 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Kishida cabinet and prime minister's office of Japan (source: Prime minister's office of Japan) 2. various of the prime minister's office STORYLINE: The support rate for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dropped to 16.6 pct in April, marking a new low for the administration, according to the latest Jiji Press opinion poll. The approval rate dropped by 1.4 percentage points from the previous month, a fresh low for the administration since its launch in October 2021, while the disapproval rate climbed 2.0 percentage points to 59.4 percent, the survey showed Thursday. The reading breached the previous low of 16.9 percent marked in February, sinking to the worst level since the return of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) to power in December 2012, Jiji Press said. Punish

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Biden touts progress on economy, immigration despite wide disapproval

STORY: Biden touts progress on economy, immigration despite wide disapproval SHOOTING TIME: March 7, 2024 DATELINE: March 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Biden preparing to deliver the State of the Union address 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JOE BIDEN, U.S. President 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): KATIE BRITT, Republican Senator 5. various of Biden departing after delivering the State of the Union address STORYLINE: In a highly partisan State of the Union address Thursday night, U.S. President Joe Biden launched a scorching attack on Donald Trump, his presumptive rival in the November election, and touted his achievements on issues such as inflation and immigration. With Biden's approval ratings lingering below 40 percent for months, his remarks likely won't resonate with most Americans, who are dismayed by still high prices, an uncertain economy, a border crisis, and geopolitical conflicts, among o

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Thousands of Yemenis rally in capital to support Palestine amid conflict

STORY: Thousands of Yemenis rally in capital to support Palestine amid conflict DATELINE: Oct. 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:16 LOCATION: Sanaa CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rally 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Protester STORYLINE: Tens of thousands of Yemenis took part on Wednesday in a huge rally to show their support for the Palestinians after a hospital in Gaza was bombed. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): Protester "Today's protest is a way of expressing strong disapproval for what happened yesterday and the continuous violence in the Gaza Strip. The terrible acts of violence, killings, and harm to innocent people in Gaza are unlike anything we've seen before. The world needs to step in and stop this cruelty because it's a danger to all of humanity." Hundreds of people were killed in an airstrike on the Al-Ahli Arabi Baptist Hospital in the Palestinian enclave on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry said the airstrike was carried out by Israel while the Israeli military said the Islamic Jihad organization is respons

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Questions To The Government At The National Assembly - Paris

MPs leave the hemicycle during Mathilde Panot's (LFI) speech as a sign of disapproval during a session of questions to the government at the French National Assembly in Paris on October 10, 2023. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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U.S. failed COVID-19 response reflects systematic flaws: scholars

STORY: U.S. failed COVID-19 response reflects systematic flaws: scholars DATELINE: April 5, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:28 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the U.S. 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADHAM SAYED, Assistant professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ALEX OWITI, Professor formerly working at Aga Khan University, Kenya STORYLINE: Scholars and experts from different countries have voiced their disapproval of the U.S. response to the COVID-19 pandemic, pointing to systematic flaws deeply rooted in the country. Adham Sayed, an assistant professor in China, has said that the American political system only works for the top 1% of its people. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ADHAM SAYED, Assistant professor, Zhejiang Gongshang University, China "So for me, the most important thing in any political system is for whom this political system is working. In the USA, society is divided into the top 1% of the people, the richest people, and the other 99% of the people. So t

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Japan lawmaker en route to N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Japanese wrestler-turned-lawmaker Antonio Inoki arrives in Beijing on Nov. 1, 2013, a day before his scheduled trip to North Korea. A Japanese parliamentary committee has expressed its disapproval of the trip.

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Indonesia power project goes on despite protests

PONOWARENG, Indonesia - Yellow flags demonstrating the disapproval of villagers stand in rice paddies which form part of the planned construction site of a coal-fired power plant to be built by an Indonesian-Japanese consortium in Batang Regency in Indonesia's Central Java Province in May 2013.

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Support for Cabinet up slightly after reshuffle

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (C bottom row) and members of his Cabinet line up for group photos at the prime minister's office in Tokyo after a Cabinet reshuffle on Oct. 1, 2012. Public support for the Cabinet after it was reshuffled rose only slightly to 29.2 percent compared with 26.3 percent in September, while its disapproval rating was at 55.3 percent, down from 59.4 percent, a Kyodo News survey showed Oct. 2, 2012.

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Kan Cabinet's disapproval rate surpasses approval rate

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, about the latest telephone poll by Kyodo News. According to the survey, the approval rate for his Cabinet plunged to 36.3 percent from the 61.5 percent in a poll just after its June 8 inauguration.

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Thai premier Thaksin rebuffs resignation call after election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai students hold placards outside the headquarters of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party in Bangkok on April 3 to press their demand for immediate resignation of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Early results of the April 3 general election showed strong disapproval of Thaksin's party.

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Thai premier Thaksin rebuffs resignation call after election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the headquarters of his Thai Rak Thai Party in Bangkok on April 3, the day after the country's general election. He rebuffed calls for his resignation after early election results showed strong disapproval of his ruling party.

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(1)Livedoor baffled at Rakuten application

NARITA, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks to reporters at Narita airport on returning from an overseas business trip on Sept. 24. Horie, whose firm has filed an application to locate its planned baseball team in Sendai, expressed his disapproval of Rakuten Inc. competing to create a team in Sendai. ''It baffles me (why Rakuten is trying create a team here also). There's no reason to start a kind of fight,'' Horie said.

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Voters cast ballots in general election

TOKYO, Japan - Voters at an elementary school in Tokyo's Minato Ward cast their ballots on the morning of June 25 for the House of Representatives general election. Voters can also indicate their approval or disapproval of serving Supreme Court justices in the poll.

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White House, Congress remain underwater in approval ratings: Gallup

STORY: White House, Congress remain underwater in approval ratings: Gallup DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of U.S. President Joe Biden arriving at the White House 2. various of exterior of the U.S. Capitol STORYLINE: The White House and Congress remained underwater in their approval ratings, according to a new Gallup survey. U.S. President Joe Biden's approval rating stands at 40 percent, with 55 percent disapproving of the way he is handling his job. Disapproval of Biden has consistently outpaced approval since September 2021 after the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Meanwhile, Americans' approval of Congress remains largely negative, with 73 percent of U.S. adults expressing disapproval. Those findings came from a Nov. 9-Dec. 2 Gallup poll conducted after the 2022 midterm elections on Nov. 8. The United States will have a divided Congress over the next two years after Republicans flipped th

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Gabriel Boric inaugurated as youngest president of Chile

STORY: Gabriel Boric inaugurated as youngest president of Chile DATELINE: March 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (Spanish): VALENTINA BASTIAS, Xinhua reporter 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GABRIEL BORIC, Chile's new president STORYLINE: STANDUP (Spanish): VALENTINA BASTIAS, Xinhua reporter "The deputy and former student leader Gabriel Boric assumed the presidency of Chile this Friday, March 11, at 36 years of age, becoming the youngest president in the entire history of the South American country. Boric received the presidential sash from the hands of the now-former president Sebastian Pinera, who left his post at the La Moneda palace with 70 percent disapproval for his management in four years." SOUNDBITE (Spanish): GABRIEL BORIC, Chile's new president "I am very excited for this moment. With a great sense of responsibility of duty that we have before the people of Chile, we know that we are going to do our best to rise to the challenges that we have as a cou

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Thai premier Thaksin rebuffs resignation call after election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai students hold placards outside the headquarters of the ruling Thai Rak Thai Party in Bangkok on April 3 to press their demand for immediate resignation of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Early results of the April 3 general election showed strong disapproval of Thaksin's party. (Kyodo)

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Thai premier Thaksin rebuffs resignation call after election

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra arrives at the headquarters of his Thai Rak Thai Party in Bangkok on April 3, the day after the country's general election. He rebuffed calls for his resignation after early election results showed strong disapproval of his ruling party. (Kyodo)

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(1)Livedoor baffled at Rakuten application

NARITA, Japan - Livedoor Co. President Takafumi Horie speaks to reporters at Narita airport on returning from an overseas business trip on Sept. 24. Horie, whose firm has filed an application to locate its planned baseball team in Sendai, expressed his disapproval of Rakuten Inc. competing to create a team in Sendai. ''It baffles me (why Rakuten is trying create a team here also). There's no reason to start a kind of fight,'' Horie said. (Kyodo)

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TRUST MERRITT NELSON, ADRIENNE SHELLY, MARTIN DONOVAN Date: 1990

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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL JEREMY IRONS, PRUNELLA SCALES Date: 1988

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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL ANTHONY HOPKINS, RICHARD BRIERS Date: 1988

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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL JEREMY IRONS, ANTHONY HOPKINS Date: 1988

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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL JENNY SEAGROVE, JEREMY IRONS, PRUNELLA SCALES Date: 1988

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A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL

A CHORUS OF DISAPPROVAL JEREMY IRONS, ANTHONY HOPKINS Date: 1988

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People compete in flipping tables, venting anger at unique event

A group of small children overturns a Japanese "chabudai" low dining table during a "chabudai gaeshi" table-flipping contest in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 27, 2015. Chabudai gaeshi literally means upending the tea table, an action to express anger or disapproval that is often depicted in dramas as a stereotypical image of old-fashioned, stubborn Japanese fathers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People compete in flipping tables at unique anger-venting event

A female participant (L) dressed as a doctor overturns a Japanese "chabudai" low dining table high up into the air during a "chabudai gaeshi" table-flipping contest in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 27, 2015. Chabudai gaeshi literally means upending the tea table, an action to express anger or disapproval that is often depicted in dramas as a stereotypical image of old-fashioned, stubborn Japanese fathers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People compete in unique anger-venting event by flipping tables

A male participant (L) overturns a Japanese "chabudai" low dining table while shouting out his discontent in a "chabudai gaeshi" table-flipping contest in Yahaba, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on June 27, 2015. Chabudai gaeshi literally means upending the tea table, an action to express anger or disapproval that is often depicted in dramas as a stereotypical image of old-fashioned, stubborn Japanese fathers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kan Cabinet's disapproval rate surpasses approval rate

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks to reporters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on July 13, 2010, about the latest telephone poll by Kyodo News. According to the survey, the approval rate for his Cabinet plunged to 36.3 percent from the 61.5 percent in a poll just after its June 8 inauguration. (Kyodo)

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Protest against Democratic presidential nominee Biden

People gather in Wilmington, Delaware, on Aug. 20, 2020, to express their disapproval of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden near the venue where the 77-year-old former vice president gave his nomination acceptance speech on the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention.

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Reaction to new U.S. position on Israeli settlements

Palestine's Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour speaks at a press conference following a U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Nov. 20, 2019, expressing his disapproval of the recent U.S. declaration that it no longer considers the Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank to be in violation of international law. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo