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NIKKEI SHIMBUN AUGUST 2007 TELEPHONE INTERVIEW POLLS (P07-20)

Nikkei Shimbun August 2007 Telephone Interview Polls

Dates Conducted
August 27-28, 2007

Released
August 29, 2007

Copyright
Nikkei Shimbun

Methodology
Nationwide poll. See below for age and gender breakdown.

Key Issues

· Support for the Abe Cabinet

· House of Councilors election in summer 2007

· Abe Administration’s next steps in response to the election result

· Special Anti-terrorism Law

Link to Original Source

http://www.nikkei-r.co.jp/nikkeipoll/qandres/y200708a.html

Disclaimer

The Mansfield Foundation is responsible for the translation of this Nikkei Telephone poll, subject to the Mansfield Foundation Terms of Use

All numbers are percentages.

Q1. Do you support or not support the reshuffled Abe cabinet? (N=687)

Support	41
Do not support	40
No answer/do not know	19

Q1SQ1. For those who answered “support”: What are the reasons for your support? Please choose as many as apply from the following answers. (N=282)

Because it is an LDP cabinet	34
Good policies	9
Good sense of international affairs	4
Leadership	7
Stability	20
Can trust members' personality	35
Politically clean	6
Others	7
No answer/do not know	8

Q1SQ2. For those who answered “do not support,” what are the reasons for not supporting? Please choose as many as apply from the following answers. (N=276)

Because it is an LDP cabinet	23
Bad policies	30
Bad sense of international affairs	7
Lack of leadership	54
Instability	29
Cannot trust members' personality	15
Politically not clean	8
Others	5
No answer/do not know	2

Q2. Which political party do you currently support? Please choose only one. (N=687)

Liberal Democratic Party	30
Democratic Party ofJapan	29
Komeito	4
JapanCommunist Party	2
Social Democratic Party	2
The People's New Party	0
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	0
Do not support any party	28
No answer/do not know	4

Q2SQ. For those who answered “do not support any party” or “no answer/do not know,” if you are to name one, which political party do you favor? (N=225)

Liberal Democratic Party	13
Democratic Party ofJapan	21
Komeito	1
JapanCommunist Party	4
Social Democratic Party	3
The People's New Party	1
The New Party ofJapan	1
Other political party	0
Do not favor any party	42
No answer/do not know	14

[Support + Preferable Parties (N=687)]

Liberal Democratic Party	35
Democratic Party ofJapan	36
Komeito	4
JapanCommunist Party	3
Social Democratic Party	2
The People's New Party	1
The New Party ofJapan	0
Other political party	1
Do not support or favor any party	14
No answer/do not know	4

Q3. Do you support or not support the new members of the Abe cabinet and the Liberal Democratic Party leadership? (N=687)

Support	40
Do not support	34
Cannot say either	9
No answer/do not know	16

Q3SQ1. For those who answered “support,” what is the biggest reason for your support? Please choose one from the following four answers. (N=276)

Recommendations from factions were rejected	14
Merit-based selection was emphasized	53
Younger individuals were promoted	19
Women were promoted	4
Others	4
No answer/do not know	5

Q3SQ2. For those who answered “do not support,” what is the biggest reason for your lack of support? Please choose one from the following four answers. (N=235)

Recommendations from factions are reviving	34
Merit-based approach is neglected	22
Younger individuals are not promoted	25
Women are not promoted	6
Others	4
No answer/do not know	8

Q4. Prime Minister Abe continues his administration even after the setback in the House of Councilors election. What is your opinion on this? (N=687)

Support	40
Oppose	49
No answer/do not know	12

Q5. The government and ruling party intend to extend the Special Anti-terrorism Law beyond its cutoff date, November 1, in order to support anti-terrorism measures in Afghanistan . The Maritime Self-Defense Force unit was dispatched to the Indian Ocean based on the law. All opposition parties including the Democratic Party of Japan are opposing this action. In your opinion, what should be done? (N=687)

Should be extended	30
Should not be extended	53
Others	0
No answer/do not know	17

Q6. What kind of administration is desirable in the future? Please choose one from the following four answers. (N=687)

Liberal Democratic Party's single-party administration	7
Coalition administration centered on the LDP andKomeito	15
Non-LDP coalition administration centered on the Democratic Party of Japan	22
Coalition administration in which part of LDP and DPJ participates	40
Others	4
No answer/do not know	13

Q7. Who do you think is most suitable to become the prime minister in the future? Please choose one from the following ten people. (N=687)

ShinzoAbe	9
TaroAso	14
JunichiroKoizumi	18
SadakazuTanigaki	2
YasuoFukuda	6
Ichiro Ozawa	11
KatsuyaOkada	4
NaotoKan	5
YukioHatoyama	3
SeijiMaehara	3
Others	3
No answer/do not know	20

Q8. When do you think the dissolution of the House of Representatives and the general elections should be carried out? (N=687)

The House of Representatives should be dissolved immediately	10
The House of Representatives should be dissolved within this year	24
The House of Representatives should be dissolved after the budget approval in the spring next year	21
It is not necessary to dissolve it in a hurry	31
Others	0
No answer/do not know	13

F1. Gender (Determined by the polltaker) (N=687)

Male	44
Female	56
Unknown	0

F2. How old are you? (N=687)

In my 20s	5
In my 30s	15
In my 40s	13
In my 50s	22
In my 60s	25
70 years old or older	18
Refused to answer	1

Average age: 55.2

F3. What is your occupation? Please choose one from the following list. (N=687)

Agriculture, forestry and fisheries	6
Employee (company or government employee, teacher, etc.)	39
Self-owned business, self-employed (including a homemaker)	12
Full-time housewife(without job only)	21
Student	1
Unemployed	19
Refused to answer	1