Following an economic slump and a series of LDP scandals that claimed the career of YKK member Koichi Kato, by April Koizumi's popularity rating had fallen 40 percentage points since his nomination as prime minister.
Koncem dubna, po ekonomickém propadu a sérii skandálů v LDP, Koizumiho popularita klesla asi o 40 procentních bodů od doby jeho nástupu do postu předsedy vlády.