Japanese public’s unease about U.S.-Japan relationship grows, but so does support for efforts to preserve it
January 30, 2017Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
A new round of public opinion polls shows that public anxiety about the future of the U.S.-Japan relationship has worsened since Trump was inaugurated on January 20. However, just because the Japanese public expects the relationship to worsen does not mean that voters will not support a bid by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to find common ground with the Trump administration.
Tags: Abe, donald trump, election, international relations, kyodo, Nikkei, political standing, polling, public opinion, Shinzo Abe, stability, TPP, trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, trump, us-japan alliance, us-japan relations, yomiuri
Event reveals issues arising from public opinions within Japan, Korea, and China
January 17, 2017Author: Juliane Doscher
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
On January 11, Sasakawa USA, in partnership with The Genron NPO — a Japanese think-tank dedicated to promoting democracy in Japan — hosted a public forum to present its bilateral, trilateral, and quadrilateral survey poll results for the first time in the United States. The forum was an opportunity to discuss political and diplomatic issues that will arise in Northeast Asia based on the region’s public opinions of each other.
Tags: bilateral relations, China, Dennis Blair, education, event, genron, genron npo, james schoff, Japan, Korea, poll, poll results, public opinion, public outreach, recap, richard bush, South Korea, summary, Survey, trilateral relations, yasushi kudo
JPP: Abe’s support still rests on lack of alternatives; public remains ambivalent about policies
July 18, 2016Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
Japan’s House of Councillors elections are over, resulting in an impressive victory for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)-Komeito coalition, which now has 147 seats in the 242-seat HOC. However, despite headlines that proclaimed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government won a landslide victory on July 10, opinion polls conducted after the elections suggest that the vote did not fundamentally alter public opinion regarding the Abe administration and its policies.
Tags: Abe, Abenomics, coalition, constitutional revision, election, elections, house of councillors, japan political pulse, japan. economy, jpp, Komeito, LDP, Liberal Democratic Party, opinion poll, poll, public opinion, Shinzo Abe
JPP Archive: August 2015 to March 2016
March 30, 2016Categories: Japan Political Pulse
The Japan Political Pulse aggregates major opinion polls conducted by Japanese media outlets in order to provide a more accurate picture of the Abe government’s public approval rating. This post contains an archive of Japan Political Pulse’s data from its inception in August 2015 through March 2016.
Tags: japan political pulse, jpp, jpp archive, opinion, opinion poll, poll, poll aggregator, public opinion, Shinzo Abe
Introducing Japan Political Pulse: Background and methodology
February 19, 2016Author: Tobias Harris
Categories: Japan Political Pulse
The goal of the JPP is to provide a comprehensive look at the government’s prevailing approval rating as well as other opinion polling regarding critical issues facing Japan. While Japan has a high volume of quality opinion polls — regularly conducted surveys with large, randomly drawn samples — these polls often have subtle but consistent biases. Following in the footsteps of U.S. opinion poll aggregators, we will aggregate major polls so as to minimize the impact of these biases and arrive at a more accurate picture of the government’s support on a given day.
Tags: Abe cabinet, Abenomics, aggregator, approval rating, Asahi Shimbun, Cabinet, disapproval rating, Japan, japan political pulse, jiji press, jpp, kyodo news service, Mainichi Shimbun, methodology, NHK, opinion poll, opinion poll aggregator, Politics, poll, public opinion, public standing, Shinzo Abe, Yomiuri Shimbun