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Evaluation of Hashimoto Cabinet - February 1997

This is a telephone survey by Asahi Shimbun on February 9 and 10, 1997, asking 1,561 people (responded by 1,219) about their evaluation of Hashimoto cabinet about current budget discussion and reaction to several problems.

1. Do you support Hashimoto Cabinet?
2. Which party do you like best ?
3. If you should choose one from LDP,NFP,DPJ JCP,SDP and Taiyoto, then which one do you select ? (to those who answered None or NA in above question, total 52%)
4. Do you think Mr Hashimoto shows the leadership as Prime Minister ?
5. Which of four do you think PM Hashimoto is looking at on politics ? Choose one.
6. Do you think the policits became better after LDP organized the cabinet without coalition last year ?
7. Are you expecting much of governmental reorganization by Hashimoto Cabinet ?
8. Now the budget of next fiscal year is debated in the Diet. Do you think your tax will be used effectively in this budget ?
9. Do you think the rise of consumption tax from 3% to 5% in April will be a heavy burden to your life ?
10. Do you think the termination of extraordinary tax reduction will influence your life very much ?
11. Do you agree the budget for planned Shinkansen network revived after 8 years ?
12. Do you think Japanese government take enough effort to solve the Peruvian hostage crisis peacefully ?
13. Which do you think is most problematic among the government's reaction to the Russian tanker's oil disaster ? Choose one.
14. Are you anxious about current Japanese economy such as sudden drop of stock prices and depreciation of Yen ?
15. Do you think the government must take action against current stock price and yen depreciation, or let market move ?

Q: Do you support Hashimoto Cabinet?

Yes	55% 42%
No	27% 37%
Other/NA	18% 21%

*row1 1 ( ) is December '96, row 2 ( ) is February '97

Q: Which party do you like best ?

LDP	31% 31%
NFP (Shinshinto)	10% 5%
DPJ (Minshuto)	7% 5%
JCP	3% 4%
SDP	4% 3%
Taiyoto	NA 0%
Others	1% 0%
None	34% 40%
NA	10% 12%

*row1 1 ( ) is December '96, row 2 ( ) is February '97

Q: If you should choose one from LDP,NFP,DPJ JCP,SDP and Taiyoto, then which one do you select ? (to those who answered None or NA in above question, total 52%)

LDP	13% 17%
NFP (Shinshinto)	7% 6%
DPJ (Minshuto)	7% 6%
JCP	4% 4%
SDP	4% 3%
Taiyoto	NA 2%
None of these	7% 9%
NA	2% 5%

*row1 1 ( ) is December '96, row 2 ( ) is February '97

Q: Do you think Mr Hashimoto shows the leadership as Prime Minister ?

Yes	37%
No	48%
Other/NA	15%

Q: Which of four do you think PM Hashimoto is looking at on politics ? (Choose one)

National people	14%
LDP	35%
Bureaucrats	17%
Business world	16%
Others/NA	18%

Q: Do you think the policits became better after LDP organized the cabinet without coalition last year ?

Better	13%
Worse	37%
Not changed	32%
Others/NA	18%

Q: Are you expecting much of governmental reorganization by Hashimoto Cabinet ?

Yes	41%
No	51%
Others/NA	8%

Q: Now the budget of next fiscal year is debated in the Diet. Do you think your tax will be used effectively in this budget ?

Yes	14%
No	70%
Others/NA	16%

Q: Do you think the rise of consumption tax from 3% to 5% in April will be a heavy burden to your life ?

Yes	79%
No	16%
Others/NA	5%

Q: Do you think the termination of extraordinary tax reduction will influence your life very much ?

Yes, very much	53%
Not so much	36%
Others/NA	11%

Q: Do you agree the budget for planned Shinkansen network revived after 8 years ?

Yes	30%
No	50%
Others/NA	20%

Q: Do you think Japanese government take enough effort to solve the Peruvian hostage crisis peacefully ?

Yes	20%
Should be more active	66%
Others/NA	14%

Q: Which do you think is most problematic among the government's reaction to the Russian tanker's oil disaster ? (Choose one)

Could not prevent from spreading contamination	32%
Not cooperate with local organization and volunteers	21%
Not well prepared for these accidents	38%
Others/NA	9%

Q: Are you anxious about current Japanese economy such as sudden drop of stock prices and depreciation of Yen ?

Yes	75%
No	15%
Others/NA	10%

Q: Do you think the government must take action against current stock price and yen depreciation, or let market move ?

Take action	53%
Rely on market	25%
Others/NA	22%

Source: The Asahi Shimbun, February 11, 1997

NOTE: I tried to translate the essence of texts, but not aiming at word-by-word precision. In opinion polls, subtle change of wordings may generate different results. Thus, you should be careful in reading this page, understanding that your impression from the text might not be the same as those of who responded this survey.