Questions & answers (%)
(T = total; P = previous; M = male; F = female)
Q: Do you support the Abe cabinet?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
46 |
(36) |
53 |
38 |
|
No |
36 |
(42) |
31 |
41 |
|
Not interested |
15 |
(19) |
14 |
16 |
Q: (Only for those who answered “yes” to the above question) Why?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Because the prime minister is from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
11 |
(13) |
10 |
12 |
|
Because I think highly of Abe |
19 |
(24) |
23 |
14 |
|
Because something can be expected of the prime minister’s policies |
23 |
(13) |
28 |
15 |
|
Because there are no other good people or political parties |
46 |
(48) |
39 |
55 |
Q: (Only for those who answered “no” to the above question) Why?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Because the prime minister is from the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan |
2 |
(3) |
1 |
3 |
|
Because I don’t think highly of Abe |
49 |
(46) |
58 |
43 |
|
Because nothing can be expected of the prime minister’s policies |
37 |
(41) |
27 |
44 |
|
Because there are other good people and political parties |
9 |
(7) |
8 |
10 |
Q: Which political party do you support?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Liberal Democratic Party of Japan (LDP or Jiminto) |
34 |
41 |
27 |
|
|
Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ or Rikken Minshuto) |
14 |
13 |
16 |
|
|
Party of Hope (Kibo no To) |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
|
Komeito (Komeito) |
4 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
Japanese Communist Party (JCP or Kyosanto) |
3 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
Nippon Ishin (Japan Innovation Party) (Nippon Ishin no Kai) |
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Liberal Party (Jiyuto) |
0 |
0 |
— |
|
|
Social Democratic Party (SDP or Shaminto) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
|
Democratic Party (DP or Minshinto) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
Other political groups |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
None of the above (NOTA) |
34 |
31 |
37 |
Q: Do you approve of the constitutional amendment bill to clearly define the existence of the Self-Defense Forces while retaining Article 9’s paragraphs 1 and 2?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
33 |
44 |
22 |
|
|
No |
29 |
29 |
29 |
|
|
Don’t know |
34 |
24 |
44 |
Q: As a result of the Lower House election, pro-constitutional amendment forces retained more than two-thirds of the seats in the house. Do you think the Diet should rush to propose the constitutional amendment bill?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
24 |
30 |
18 |
|
|
No |
66 |
64 |
68 |
Q: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is currently serving his second term as the LDP president and the term expires in September 2018. Do you think he should continue to serve his third term?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
35 |
43 |
28 |
|
|
No |
53 |
50 |
57 |
Q: In the Diet, most of the question time is allocated to opposition parties. But the LDP says question time should be allocated based on the number of seats. Do you think it would be better if most of the question time was allocated to opposition parties or if the question time was allocated based on the number of seats?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
It would be better if most of the question time was allocated to opposition parties |
54 |
61 |
47 |
|
|
It would be better if the question time was allocated based on the number of seats |
32 |
31 |
33 |
Q: Do you support Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
30 |
25 |
35 |
|
|
No |
33 |
35 |
31 |
|
|
Not interested |
29 |
35 |
24 |
Q: Do you think the CDPJ, Party of Hope, and the DP should reunite as one party?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
27 |
29 |
26 |
|
|
No |
58 |
61 |
56 |
Q: Do you think that discussions regarding Moritomo Gakuen and Kake Educational Institution should continue in the Diet?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
50 |
47 |
52 |
|
|
No |
40 |
46 |
35 |
Q: When the consumption tax is raised to 10% in October 2019, do you think that the increase in tax revenues generated from the rise should be used more for paying off national debt or for supporting child rearing?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
National debt repayment |
33 |
33 |
33 |
|
|
Child-rearing support |
32 |
35 |
29 |
|
|
The consumption tax rate should not be raised in the first place |
26 |
25 |
27 |
Q: U.S. President Donald Trump met family members of Japanese abducted by North Korea during his stay in Japan and said, “We will work on trying to get them back to their loved ones.” Do you expect the U.S. involvement will help resolve the abduction issue?
|
T |
P |
M |
F |
|
|
Yes |
55 |
55 |
55 |
|
|
No |
36 |
38 |
33 |
(Note) Figures rounded off. “0” indicates that the figure was below 0.5%, and “–” denotes that no respondents gave that answer. “No answer” omitted. Figures in parentheses denote the results of the survey conducted Sept. 26–27, 2017.
Polling methodology: The survey was conducted by pollsters over the two-day period of Nov. 11–12 targeting landline and mobile telephone numbers across the nation on a computer-aided random digit sampling (RDS) basis. The survey excluded landline numbers in municipalities designated as “difficult-to-return” zones due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. Valid responses were received from 489 persons (out of the 811 households with one or more persons age 18 or over) for landline numbers and 555 persons (out of the 839 persons age 18 or over who answered) for mobile numbers. The valid response rates were 60% for landline numbers and 66% for mobile numbers.
