2010

December 2010 Asahi Shimbun Interview Survey

Key Issue

• U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security

Asahi Shimbun December 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-33)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• Dissolution of the House of Representatives
• Ozawa political funding scandal

Asahi Shimbun November 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll (10-32)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• Dissolution of the House of Representatives
• Senkakus and Northern Territories issues
• Ozawa political funding scandal

Yomiuri Shimbun October 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-31)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• China fishing vessel collision incident

Nikkei Shimbun September 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-30)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• Kan’s reelection as DPJ president

Asahi Shimbun September 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-29)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• DPJ presidential election

Nikkei Shimbun August 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-28)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• DPJ presidential election

Mainichi Shimbun August 2010 Public Opinion Poll (10-27)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• DPJ presidential election
• Increase in consumption tax

Asahi Shimbun August 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-26)

Key Issues

• House of Councillors election
• DPJ centered administration
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun July 2010 Public Opinion Poll – Fourth in a Series on the House of Councillors Election (10-25)

Key Issues

• House of Councillors election
• Increase in consumption tax

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Public Opinion Poll – Third in a Series on the House of Councillors Election (10-24)

Key Issues

• House of Councillors election
• Increase in consumption tax

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Public Opinion Poll – Second in a Series on the House of Councillors Election (10-23)

Key Issues

• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Public Opinion Poll – First in a Series on the House of Councillors Election (10-22)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan Cabinet
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun/Dong-A Ilbo June 2010 Joint Public Opinion Poll (10-21)

Key Issues

• Japanese-South Korean relations
• Issues of importance to Japanese-South Korean relations
• North Korea issue

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll on Inauguration of Kan Cabinet (10-20)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan Cabinet
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll on Prime Minister Kan (10-19)

Key Issues

• Kan as new prime minister
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun June 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll on Prime Minister Hatoyama’s Resignation (10-18)

Key Issues

• Hatoyama’s Resignation
• House of Councillors election
• Ozawa Resignation

Asahi Shimbun May 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll on Futenma Relocation (10-17)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama Cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Relocation of U.S. Futenma Air Station

Nikkei Shimbun June 2010 Emergency Telephone Opinion Poll (10-16)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• House of Councillors election

Mainichi Shimbun June 2010 Public Opinion Poll (10-15)

Key Issues

• Support for the Kan cabinet
• Resignation of Hatoyama and Ozawa
• House of Councillors election

Nikkei Shimbun May 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-14)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Relocation of U.S. Futenma Air Station
• House of Councillors election
• Sinking of South Korean military patrol boat
• Dismissal of Mizuho Fukushima

Asahi Shimbun May 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-13)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Relocation of U.S. Futenma Air Station
• Revision/amendment to the constitution

Asahi Shimbun April 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-12)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Relocation of U.S. Futenma Air Station
• Revision/amendment of constitution
• Article 9

Nikkei Shimbun April 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-11)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• House of Councillors election
• Amendment to the constitution

Yomiuri Shimbun April 2010 Japan-South Korea Joint Opinion Poll Survey (10-10)

Key Issues

• Japanese-South Korean relations
• Issues of importance to Japanese-South Korean relations
• North Korea issue

Mainichi Shimbun April 2010 Public Opinion Poll (10-09)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama Cabinet
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• Japan Post Bank
• House of Councillors election

Nikkei Shimbun March 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-08)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• House of Councillors election
• Political party subsidies

Asahi Shimbun March 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-07)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama Cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Secret agreement between U.S. and Japan regarding nuclear weapons
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• Taxpayer identification number system

Nikkei Shimbun February 2010 Telephone Opinion Poll (10-06)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Ozawa’s political fund scandals
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• DPJ policies

Asahi Shimbun February 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-05)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• House of Councillors election
• Hatoyama and Ozawa’s political fund scandals
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station

Mainichi Shimbun February 2010 Public Opinion Poll (10-04)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Ozawa and Hatoyama’s political fund scandals
• Relocation of Futenma Air Station
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun February 2010 Emergency Public Opinion Poll (10-03)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Ozawa and the undeclared land purchase scandal

Nikkei Shimbun January 2010 Emergency Telephone Opinion Poll (10-02)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Ozawa and the undeclared land purchase scandal
• Japan-U.S. relationship
• House of Councillors election

Asahi Shimbun January 2010 Regular Public Opinion Poll (10-01)

Key Issues

• Support for the Hatoyama cabinet
• Hatoyama and the false fund donation statements
• Next fiscal year budget
• Ozawa and the fund-raising scandal
• Voting rights to permanent foreign resident