Questions & answers (%)
(T = total; M = male; F = female)
Q: Are you in favor of or opposed to the idea of women becoming emperor?
|
|
T |
M |
F |
|
Yes |
68 |
72 |
65 |
|
No |
12 |
12 |
12 |
Q: How do you feel about Emperor Akihito?
|
|
T |
M |
F |
|
I revere him |
3 |
5 |
2 |
|
I feel he is irreplaceable |
30 |
30 |
30 |
|
I feel close to him |
20 |
20 |
21 |
|
I feel positively about him |
17 |
15 |
17 |
|
I feel opposed to him |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
I do not feel anything in particular |
7 |
9 |
5 |
|
I have no interest in him |
3 |
3 |
2 |
|
Other |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Q: How do you feel about Empress Michiko?
|
|
T |
M |
F |
|
I revere her |
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
I feel she is irreplaceable |
20 |
15 |
24 |
|
I feel close to her |
27 |
32 |
23 |
|
I feel positively about her |
22 |
20 |
24 |
|
I feel opposed to her |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
I do not feel anything in particular |
5 |
8 |
4 |
|
I have no interest in her |
3 |
5 |
1 |
|
Other |
3 |
3 |
3 |
(Note) Figures rounded off. “0” indicates that the figure was below 0.5%. “No answer” omitted.
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted by pollsters during the two-day period of April 22–23 over the telephone across the nation on a computer-aided random digit sampling (RDS) basis. The survey excluded telephone numbers in municipalities designated as “difficult-to-return” zones due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. A total of 1,599 households with one or more persons age 18 or over were sampled. Responses were obtained from 1,011 persons (63%).
