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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.
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.
