View on the Second Hashimoto Cabinet
This is a survey by Asahi Shimbun on November 8 and 9, 1996, asking 1,525 people (responded by 1,157) about their views on Asia. Some questions are comparable with those in October.
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This is a survey by Asahi Shimbun on November 8 and 9, 1996, asking 1,525 people (responded by 1,157) about their views on Asia. Some questions are comparable with those in October.
Q: Do you support this new Hashimoto cabinet?
| Yes |  55%
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| No | 24%
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| Other/NA | 21%
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Q: Which party do you like best?
| LDP |  31% 34%
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| NFP | 13% 12%
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| Minshuto | 9% 9%
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| JCP | 5% 4%
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| SDP | 5% 3%
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| Other | 1% 0% |
| None | 26% 25%
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| NA | 10% 13%
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*Upper row ( ) is October '96, lower ( ) is November '96
Q: How do you feel about the members of the new cabinet? (Choose one)
| Coherent | 7%
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| Active/practical | 12%
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| Not fresh | 25%
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| Too faction oriented | 41%
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| Other/NA | 15%
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Q: Do you think Mr Hashimoto will show leadership as the prime minister?
| Yes | 54%
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| No | 31%
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| Other/NA | 15%
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Q: What do you expect the Hashimoto cabinet to achieve? (Choose one)
| Administrative reorganization | 22%
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| Reconsider consumption tax | 29%
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| Public medicare insurance | 9%
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| Recovery of the economy | 34%
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| Other/NA | 6%
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Q: How much do you expect that the Hashimoto cabinet will realize the administrative reorganization?
| Expect very much | 14%
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| Fairly expect | 39%
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| Not very much | 33%
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| Not at all | 9%
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| Other/NA | 5%
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Q: Do you think the LDP solo cabinet is good?
| Yes | 42%
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| No | 39%
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| Other/NA | 19%
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Q: SDP does not assign any minister for this cabinet, tking the position as "cooperation outside the cabinet". What do you think SDP should do from now on? (Choose one)
| Stay outside and cooperate | 19%
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| Be positive as assigning a minister | 24%
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| Distinct opposition party | 41%
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| Other/NA | 16%
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Q: Minshuto, on the other hand, stay the oposition party, but expresses an will to cooperate when a policy is agreeable. Do you support its position?
| Yes | 51%
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| No | 32%
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| Other/NA | 17%
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Q: Do you think the Hashimoto cabinet will become a stable government?
| Yes | 42%
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| No | 42%
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| Other/NA | 16%
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Source: The Asahi Shimbun, November 10, 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.