Japanese view on Asia
This is a survey by Asahi Shimbun on September 16 and 17, 1996, asking 3,000 people (responded by 2,307) about their views on Asia. Some questions are comparable with those in July 1994.
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This is a survey by Asahi Shimbun on September 16 and 17, 1996, asking 3,000 people (responded by 2,307) about their views on Asia. Some questions are comparable with those in July 1994.
Q: What area do you think of from the word "Asia" ? (Choose one)
| NE Asia such as China, Korea and Taiwan |  22%
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| Up to SE Asia such as Thai, Indonesia | 34%
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| Up to South Asia such as India, Pakistan | 21%
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| Up to Mid East such as Iran, Turkey and Saudi | 15%
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| Other/NA | 8%
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Q: Choose one most appropriate word to describe Asia
| Progress |  24% 30%
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| Stable | 8% 7%
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| Rich | 4% 3%
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| Stagnation | 7% 6%
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| Unstable | 33% 32%
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| Poverty | 17% 17%
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| Other/NA | 7% 5%
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*Upper row ( ) is '94, lower ( ) is '96
Q: Do you feel Asian people and countries familiar ?
| Yes | 55% 54%
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| No | 33% 33%
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| Other/NA | 12% 13%
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*Upper row ( ) is '94, lower ( ) is '96
Q: Do you think that Japanese are loved by Asian people or not ?
| Yes | 20% 18%
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| No | 56% 61%
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| Other/NA | 24% 21%
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*Upper row ( ) is '94, lower ( ) is '96
Q: If an Asian family moves to your neighbour, how will you behave ?
| Same as with other Japanese | 49%
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| Not want to become so close | 5%
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| Will watch who they are | 43%
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| Other/NA | 3%
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Q: Now Japan limits the exhiles and foreign labors. Do you think it should accept more?
| Accept more | 22%
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| Keep current restrictions | 65%
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| Other/NA | 13%
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Q: Many Japanese companies open plants and branches in Asian countries. How do you think about these activities? (Choose one)
| Good for those contries' economy | 38%
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| Musts for Japanese companies to survive | 21%
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| Arouse Asian people's antipathy | 10%
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| Weaken Japanese domestic industry | 23%
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| Other/NA | 8%
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Q: Asian econmy is rapidly growing. What do you think the relationship between Japan and other Asian countries will be in terms of these economic development? (Choose one)
| Both Japan and other contries will grow | 33%
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| Japan will grow, but others will stagnate | 4%
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| Japan will stagnate, but others will grow | 47%
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| Both Japan and others will stagnate | 9%
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| Other/NA | 7%
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Q: What do you think the most serious problem in Asia near future? (Choose at most two)
| Regional conflict, civil war | 12%
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| Militaly expansion, nuclear arms | 13%
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| Food insufficiency | 28%
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| Population explosion | 13%
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| Environmental destruction | 44%
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| Resources and energy shortage | 24%
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| Democracy and human rights | 13%
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| Widening gap between rich and poor | 25%
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Q: What do you think Japan pay more attention in terms of the relationship with Asian countries? (Choose one)
| More leaders' deplomacy | 7% 6%
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| Strengthen economic relationship | 29% 23%
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| Establish regional security systems | 8% 14%
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| Citizen's level intercources | 15% 14%
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| Cooperate for the environment protection | 11% 19%
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| Cultural exchange | 6% 8%
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| Accept more foreign workers | 9% 5%
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| Compensation for the WW II | 9% 5%
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| Other/NA | 6% 6%
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*Upper row ( ) is '94, lower ( ) is '96
Q: Which country do you think will have most significant influence over Asia in the 21st century? (Choose one)
| Japan | 13%
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| China | 47%
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| USA | 23%
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| Russia | 2%
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| India | 1%
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| ASEAN | 6%
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| Other/NA | 8%
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Q: What is your image about China? (Choose at most two)
| Growth | 50%
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| Stagnation | 6%
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| Friendly | 30%
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| Menace | 22%
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| Democracy | 11%
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| Dictatorship | 20%
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| Stable | 6%
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| Confusion | 22%
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| Other/NA | 5%
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Q: Do you think the Japan-US Security Treaty between is contributing to the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific region?
| Yes | 63%
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| No | 24%
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| Other/NA | 13%
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Source: The Asahi Shimbun, November 9, 1996
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.