The Prime Minister’s popularity hit a record low of 26.7 per cent in a survey conducted by Nippon TV, while according to Asahi’s survey it fell by 31 per cent, the lowest in more than five years of Abe’s term, much lower than April 2013, when his rating peaked at 65.7 per cent, reports Efe news. Abe’s popularity plunged more than 10 points, after his Finance Minister had admitted in March that his ministry had faked documents related to the sale of state-owned land at around one-tenth of its price to a private educational institution, with alleged links to the Prime Minister and his wife, Akie Abe.