The Nikkei Inc./TV Tokyo public opinion poll conducted on April 27–30 asked Tokyo residents which political party they will vote for in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election to be held on July 2. Some 32% said they will cast their ballot for the Liberal Democratic Party while 17% said they will vote for the Tomin First no Kai, the regional….Read more
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32% say they will vote for LDP in Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election, Nikkei poll
- May 1, 2017
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71% are in favor of “equal pay for equal work,” Yomiuri poll
The Yomiuri Shimbun conducted a (mail-in) nationwide public opinion poll on “working style.” Some 71% of respondents said that they support “equal pay for equal work,” where workers receive the same pay if they are equivalent in ability, performance, and seniority regardless of whether they have regular or non-regular employment status. Only 27% of pollees disagreed. A total of….Read more
- April 25, 2017
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Opinion poll & results of Yomiuri nationwide public opinion poll on “working style”
- April 25, 2017
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Kyodo News opinion poll & results from Tokyo Shimbun
- April 25, 2017
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65% of Okinawans say Henoko landfill work “inappropriate,” Asahi Shimbun-Okinawa Times-QAB joint opinion poll of Okinawa residents
In advance of the full-fledged commencement of landfill work related to the [government] plan to relocate the U.S. military’s Futenma Air Station (Ginowan City, Okinawa Prefecture) to Henoko in Nago City, the Asahi Shimbun conducted a joint (telephone-based) public opinion poll of Okinawa residents with the Okinawa Times and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (QAB) on April 22–23. Some 65% of….Read more
- April 25, 2017
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58% of Okinawans support Gov. Onaga, Asahi Shimbun-Okinawa Times-QAB joint opinion poll of Okinawa residents
According to the joint public opinion poll of Okinawan voters conducted by the Asahi Shimbun, the Okinawa Times, and Ryukyu Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (QAB), some 58% of respondents “support” Governor Takeshi Onaga. A shadow has fallen on the popularity of the governor. Support for the Abe cabinet was even lower at 31%. The survey findings seem to reflect Okinawans’ complex….Read more
- April 25, 2017
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Opinion poll & results from Asahi Shimbun-Okinawa Times-QAB joint opinion poll of Okinawa residents
- April 25, 2017
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73% say gaffes and infidelity scandal are “signs of slackness on part of gov’t,” Kyodo News poll
The nationwide telephone-based public opinion poll conducted by Kyodo News on April 22–23 asked pollees how they view the infidelity scandal involving a parliamentary vice minister and the gaffes by government ministers, including Minister of State for the Promotion of Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy in Japan Kozo Yamamoto. Some 73.2% of the respondents said they see them….Read more
- April 24, 2017
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64% say countries “should enhance diplomatic efforts in relation to North Korea,” Mainichi poll
The Mainichi Shimbun conducted a nationwide survey on April 22–23 [to probe views on recent events]. U.S. President Donald Trump has directed an aircraft carrier to steam toward waters off the Korean Peninsula with an eye to containing North Korea, which has repeatedly conducted nuclear development and missile tests. As a result, tensions [in the region] have heightened. Asked how….Read more
- April 24, 2017
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Opinion poll & results from Mainichi Shimbun
- April 24, 2017
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