Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)–Nearly 50 pct of people in Japan support the restart of idled nuclear reactors in the country, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed Thursday.   The survey, conducted for four days through Monday, found that 48.4 pct of respondents are in favor of resuming operations of nuclear reactors whose safety has been confirmed.   The proportion….Read more

Tokyo, July 21 (Jiji Press)–Among the achievements of late former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Abenomics reflationary policy mix is most appreciated by respondents in a Jiji press opinion poll released Thursday.   The largest proportion of respondents, at 16.3 pct, chose “monetary easing and fiscal expansion under Abenomics” as the best achievement of Abe during his tenure as prime….Read more

According to an Asahi Shimbun survey conducted on July 16-17, 50 percent of respondents felt that the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a key proponent of the revision of Article 9 of the Constitution, would not greatly impact the debate over the constitutional amendment and national security. The share of voters who felt the opposite was 42….Read more

TOKYO — Over a quarter of valid responses to a July 16 and 17 survey declared the respondents had no expectations of the winning candidates in Japan’s July 10 House of Councillors election.   The survey conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun and Japan’s Social Survey Research Center collected mobile phone responses from 621 individuals. It asked respondents to name one….Read more