Support for Japanese PM hits record low: Poll

A new poll shows that Japanese voters' support for the government of Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda has hit a record low, but experts agree that none of the major parties in Japan would be powerful enough to govern alone if a general election was called now.

Conducted by the nationwide Asahi newspaper, the poll showed a decline in popularity for the Democratic Party of Japan for the fifth consecutive month. The poll results, released on Monday, showed support dropping from 28 percent in April to 22 percent in August.

Voters in favor of opposition parties remained at 58 percent. Twenty-three percent chose the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party when asked which party they would vote for when electing members of the lower house of parliament. And 48 percent said they were undecided.