Q1: Which are you most anxious about, on thinking the future of the world ? (Choose one)
| Nuclear warfare |
 13%
|
| Regional conflict |
4%
|
| Economic depression |
21%
|
| Food shortage |
6%
|
| Energy shortage |
4%
|
| Environmental problem |
43%
|
| Rapid increase in population |
3%
|
| Too advanced science |
4%
|
| Others/NA |
2%
|
Q2: In which field do you think Japan should contribute to the world ? (Choose one)
| Take leadeaship in world economy as an economic superpower |
 14%
14%
|
| Help developing contries to stand their own feet |
24%
13%
|
| Emphasize on the protection of earth environment |
39%
49%
|
| Vitalize scientific and cultural exchange |
8%
6%
|
| Take active part in solving the international conflicts |
9%
12%
|
| Others/NA |
6%
6%
|
*row1 1 ( ) is December '90, row 2 ( ) is June '97
Q3: Asking about earth envionment issue, which are you most anxious about ? (Choose at most two)
| Global warming |
33%
|
| Destruction of ozone layer |
43%
|
| Acid rain |
9%
|
| Ocean pollution |
15%
|
| Export of harmful wastes form industrialized contries to developping contries |
24%
|
| Diminishing forests esp. in tropical area |
29%
|
| Diminishing species in animals and plants |
7%
|
| Desertification |
5%
|
| Pollution in developping countries |
15%
|
| Others/NA |
5%
|
Q4: How are you concerned about the environmental issue ? (Choose one)
| Very much concerned |
28%
|
| Fairly concerned |
56%
|
| Not concerned very much |
13%
|
| Not at all |
2%
|
| Others/NA |
1%
|
Q5: How do you think the condition of earth is if it is compared to a human health ? (Choose one)
| In good health |
1%
|
| Fairly good condition |
32%
|
| Ill |
57%
|
| Serious ill |
7%
|
| Others/NA |
3%
|
Q6: Do you think the earth environment will be improved or deteriorated ?
| Improved |
14%
|
| Deteriorated |
77%
|
| Others/NA |
9%
|
Q7: Do you think Japan is considerably responsible for earth environmental pollution, or not so responsible ?
| Big responsibility |
85%
|
| Not so big |
10%
|
| Others/NA |
5%
|
Q8: Do you think you dare to take lower standard of life in order to protect erarth environment, or not ?
| I'm OK |
48%
50%
|
| I don't want to |
46%
44%
|
| Others/NA |
6%
6%
|
*row1 1 ( ) is May '90, row 2 ( ) is June '97
Q9: What do you take care in daily life to save environment ? (Choose at most two)
| Conserve air conditioning |
23%
|
| Take public transportation rather than personal car |
14%
|
| Use recycled products |
40%
|
| Use soap instead of chemical detergent |
9%
|
| Not waste used cooking oil directly to sink |
34%
|
| Use kitchen refuse as manure |
19%
|
| Buy vegetables grown without chemicals |
13%
|
| Do not buy the disposable items |
16%
|
| Do nothing special |
8%
|
| Others/NA |
2%
|
Q10: Recently the waste disposal becomes an important issue. When you buy a product, do you think the way how it will be disposed ?
| Yes |
49%
65%
|
| No |
47%
33%
|
| Others/NA |
4%
2%
|
*row1 1 ( ) is May '90, row 2 ( ) is June '97
Q11: How are you concerned about the global warming ?
| Concerned very much |
27%
|
| Fairly concerned |
59%
|
| Not concerned very much |
12%
|
| Not at all |
2%
|
| Others/NA |
0%
|
Q12: It is said that carbon dioxide gererated by economic activities cause global warming. Do you think Japan should decrease the amount of gererated carbon dioxide in order to protect warming, even if it has some negative effect on the economy ?
| Yes |
84%
|
| No |
9%
|
| Others/NA |
7%
|
Q13: There is an idea of "environmental tax" that will be charged on oils and coals that gererate carbon dioxide. Do you think this "environmental tax" will be necessary to save environment ?
| Yes |
58%
|
| No |
29%
|
| Others/NA |
13%
|
Q14: Do you think Japanese government is active enough to save earth environment ?
| Yes |
10%
|
| No |
82%
|
| Others/NA |
8%
|
Q15: What do you think should be the first action in this country to save the earth ? (Choose one)
| Establish the recycle system |
25%
|
| Environmental education in schools and local communities |
19%
|
| Imposing tax on anti-environmental products |
13%
|
| Strengthen environmental standards and protection admnistration |
22%
|
| Build more public transportation systems |
4%
|
| Encuorage the solar or wind power gererating systems |
12%
|
| Others/NA |
5%
|
Q16: On thinking about future earth environment, do you think Japan should take bold change in its economy and society ?
| Yes |
72%
|
| No |
19%
|
| Others/NA |
9%
|
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.
