(Nikkei: January 25, 2016 – p. 2)
Q: Do you approve of the Abe administration’s economic program known as “Abenomics”?
|
Yes |
37% |
|
No |
42% |
Q: Do you think the economy will improve in the future under “Abenomics”?
|
Yes |
27% |
|
No |
49% |
Q: Do you approve of the Japan-South Korea agreement on the comfort women issue?
|
Yes |
59% |
|
No |
22% |
Q: Do you think the comfort woman statue in front of the Japanese embassy in Seoul should be relocated?
|
Yes |
57% |
|
No |
21% |
Q: Do you think the Japanese government should enhance its sanctions against North Korea?
|
Yes |
73% |
|
No |
12% |
40% are “undecided” about how they will vote in the summer Upper House elections
|
What political party do you plan to vote for in the summer Upper House elections |
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|
|
This summer’s election |
January 2013 election |
|
Total for Ruling Parties |
39% |
45% |
|
Liberal Democratic Party |
36% |
41% |
|
Komeito |
3% |
4% |
|
Total for Opposition Parties |
20% |
33% |
|
Democratic Party of Japan |
9% |
8% |
|
Japanese Communist Party |
3% |
4% |
|
Japan Innovation Party |
1% |
— |
|
Initiatives from Osaka (Osaka Ishin no Kai) |
6% |
— |
|
People’s Life Party (PLP or Seikatsunoto) |
1% |
1% |
|
Undecided |
41% |
21% |
* The “Total for Opposition Parties” figure for 2013 includes results for the Japan Restoration Party, Your Party, and the Social Democratic Party. “Undecided” is the total of “have not decided yet” and “cannot say or don’t know.”
