(Asahi: June 17, 2015—p. 4)
Questions & answers (%)
Figures rounded off. Bracketed figures denote proportions to all respondents, with parenthesized figures denoting the results of the previous survey conducted in Okinawa on April 18-19.
Q: Do you support Gov. Takeshi Onaga?
|
Yes |
64 |
(70) |
|
No |
18 |
(16) |
Q: Do you support the Abe cabinet?
|
Yes |
22 |
(28) |
|
No |
53 |
(52) |
Q: Which political party do you support now?
|
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP or Jiminto) |
20 |
(18) |
|
Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ or Minshuto) |
7 |
(5) |
|
Japan Innovation Party (JIP or Nippon Ishinnoto) |
1 |
(2) |
|
Komeito (K or Komeito) |
3 |
(3) |
|
Japanese Communist Party (JCP or Kyosanto) |
7 |
(3) |
|
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) |
4 |
(3) |
|
Party for Future Generations (PFG or Jisedainoto) |
0 |
(0) |
|
People’s Life Party (PLP or Seikatsunoto) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Assembly to Energize Japan (AEJ or Nippon o Genkinisurukai) |
0 |
(0) |
|
New Renaissance Party (NRP or Shinto Kaikaku) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Okinawa Social Mass Party (OSMP or Okinawa Shakaitaishuto) |
1 |
(0) |
|
Political Group of Okinawa (PGO or Seito Souzou) |
0 |
(0) |
|
Other political parties |
0 |
(1) |
|
None of the above (NOTA) |
40 |
(47) |
|
No answer (N/A) + don’t know (D/K) |
17 |
(18) |
Q: Do you approve of relocating Futenma airfield to Henoko in Nago city?
|
|
N |
O |
|
Yes |
18 |
(22) |
|
No |
66 |
(63) |
Q: Do you think Gov. Onaga should revoke the approval of the government’s proposed landfill work in waters off Henoko, Nago city?
|
Yes |
58 |
|
|
No |
23 |
|
Q: Gov. Onaga visited the U.S., where he opposed relocating Futenma airfield to Henoko, Nago city. Do you approve of this?
|
Yes |
73 |
|
|
No |
19 |
|
Q: Japan has concluded a security treaty with the U.S. Do you approve of maintaining the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty?
|
Yes |
57 |
|
|
No |
20 |
|
Q: It’s now been 43 years since Okinawa Prefecture was returned to Japan. Do you think Okinawa’s reversion to Japan was good?
|
Yes |
77 |
|
|
No |
6 |
|
Q: There’s an opinion saying there are various disparities between Okinawa and mainland prefectures. Do you think it’s true?
|
Yes |
77 |
|
|
No |
14 |
|
Q: (Only for those who answered “yes” to the foregoing question) What do you think is most problematical among these disparities? (One choice only)
|
Income |
35[27] |
|
|
Job security |
7[5] |
|
|
Traffic network |
4[3] |
|
|
Education |
6[5] |
|
|
Basing issues |
44[34] |
|
Q: June 23 is Okinawa Memorial Day. Did you know that?
|
Yes |
98 |
|
|
No |
2 |
|
Q: Do you have any experience of the Battle of Okinawa? Have you ever heard about the battle from someone who has experience of it?
|
I have my own experience of the battle |
9 |
|
|
I have heard about it |
75 |
|
|
Neither |
15 |
|
Q: (Only for those who answered that they have heard about it) Where did you hear about the Battle of Okinawa? (One choice only)
|
From family or relatives |
63[47] |
|
|
At school |
21[16] |
|
|
At a historical facility |
12[9] |
|
Q: Would you like to hand down to the next generation what you’ve experienced about the Battle of Okinawa or what you’ve seen or heard about it? (One choice only)
|
Yes |
46 |
|
|
I will, if asked |
40 |
|
|
No |
4 |
|
|
I don’t know about the Battle of Okinawa |
8 |
|
Q: Do you think memories of the Battle of Okinawa have been handed down to generations today or are fading?
|
Handed down |
20 |
|
|
Fading |
68 |
|
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted [jointly with the Okinawa Times and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corp.] on June 13-14 over the telephone on a computer-aided random digit dialing (RDD) basis, targeting voters in Okinawa Prefecture. Households with one or more eligible voters totaled 1,795. Valid answers were obtained from 846 persons (47%).
