The Hashimoto Cabinet Support - September 1997

The Asahi Shimbun conducted a face to face survey on the Japanese opinion about the Hashimoto Cabinet support, in the occasion of LDP's president electino and reorganization of the cabinet. The survey was done on September 7 and 8, 1997, for 3,000 votes and got effective response from 2,240. Proportion of male vs female was 48% : 52%.

  1. Do you support Hashimoto Cabinet?
  2. Why do you support or not support the cabinet ?
  3. Please tell the good point and bad point of the Hashimoto cabinet
  4. Which party do you like best ?
  5. If you should choose one from LDP,NFP,DPJ JCP,SDP and Taiyoto, then which one do you select ?
  6. Which form of government do you think best ?
  7. Do you appreciate the Prime Minister Hashimoto's attitude toward the Administrative Reform ?
  8. The government's reform committee reported the plan to decrease the number of ministers by half. Which point do you think will be improved by this plan ?
  9. Then, which point do you think is problem ?
  10. This reform plan suggests that MOF's strong authority over financial and monetary policy shall remain same. Do you think MOF should have these strong authority ?
  11. The plan proposes that postal service such as mail delivery shall be still national business, while postal savings shall be privatized in the future. Do you think postal savings should be privatized ?
  12. There are different opinions on whether Defense Agency should become the ministry or not. Do you agree with upgrading of Defense Agency to Ministry ?