Q1: Do you support Hashimoto Cabinet?
| Yes |
 35%
 44%
|
| No |
48%
36%
|
| Other/NA |
17%
20%
|
*row 1 ( ) is Sep 19-20 '97 , row 2 ( ) is Nov 9-10 '97
Q2: Which party do you like best ?
| LDP |
32%
31%
|
| NFP (Shinshinto) |
4%
4%
|
| DPJ (Minshuto) |
3%
3%
|
| JCP |
4%
3%
|
| SDP |
6%
5%
|
| Taiyoto |
1%
0%
|
| Others |
1%
1%
|
| None |
38%
41%
|
| NA |
11%
11%
|
*row 1 ( ) is Sep 19-20 '97 , row 2 ( ) is Nov 9-10 '97
Q3: 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 |
14%
17%
|
| NFP (Shinshinto) |
4%
5%
|
| DPJ (Minshuto) |
6%
5%
|
| JCP |
5%
4%
|
| SDP |
6%
5%
|
| Taiyoto |
1%
1%
|
| None of these |
9%
11%
|
| NA |
4%
4%
|
*row 1 ( ) is Sep 19-20 '97 , row 2 ( ) is Nov 9-10 '97
Q4: On administrative reform, what do you think is important to make administration simple and effective ?
| Decrease the number of ministry |
23%
|
| Privatize service functions |
13%
|
| Transfer some authorities from nation to local governments |
19%
|
| Reconsider public enterprises |
35%
|
| Other/NA |
10%
|
Q5: Which do you think is the biggest problem among current movements around administrative reform ?
| Resistance of bureaucrats |
14%
|
| Intervention of zoku-giin, or diet men who represent special interest groups |
35%
|
| Pressure from industry organization or labor union |
12%
|
| Insufficient leadership of the prime minister |
21%
|
| No significant problem |
8%
|
| Other/NA |
10%
|
Q6: Do you think this administrative reform is proceeding to the direction that people desire ?
| Yes |
11%
|
| No |
79%
|
| Other/NA |
10%
|
Q7: Do you use the postal saving service which is one of the focus of this administrative reform ?
| Yes |
81%
|
| No |
18%
|
| Other/NA |
1%
|
Q8: Do you think the postal service, which is now national-operated, should be admitted for non-governmental business or not ?
| Yes |
47%
|
| No |
42%
|
| Other/NA |
11%
|
Q9: Which do you expect most form the postal saving system reform ?
| Better service |
14%
|
| Contribute to make the administration simpler |
9%
|
| Vitalize the competition of financial firms |
28%
|
| Reduce the waste by the special governmental corporations |
37%
|
| Other/NA |
12%
|
Q10: Then, which are you most anxious about regarding the postal saving reform ?
| Interest rate may become lower |
10%
|
| Some local post office may be cut off |
26%
|
| Lose the national endorsement |
36%
|
| Nothing anxious about |
20%
|
| Other/NA |
8%
|
Q11: Do you agree the current plan to make postal services an independent agency ?
| Yes |
39%
|
| No |
40%
|
| Other/NA |
21%
|
Q12: If postal services be independent agencies, do you think they should be privatized in the future ?
| Yes |
47%
|
| No |
40%
|
| Other/NA |
13%
|
Q13: There are other candidates to be the independent governmental corporation other than postal services, which includes automobile inspections, official registration and meteorological service. Do you think governmental services should be independent agencies as much as possible ?
| Yes |
51%
|
| No |
29%
|
| Other/NA |
20%
|
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.
