opinion poll
March 05, 2013
Sixty percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents said it will take more than 20 years to recoup the lifestyles they lost when the prefecture was hit by the triple disaster of...
February 19, 2013
About 70 percent of voters want to see an end to nuclear power generation in Japan, according to an Asahi Shimbun opinion poll conducted on Feb. 16 and 17.
December 31, 2012
Seventy-six percent of residents from candidate areas to store soil contaminated by radioactive fallout from the Fukushima disaster would reluctantly accept interim storage...
November 28, 2012
Government opinion polls on the death penalty consistently show overwhelming public support for the process, which is by hanging.
November 26, 2012
The newly formed Japan Restoration Party is closing in on the ruling Democratic Party of Japan ahead of next month's Lower House election, suggesting it is becoming a viable...
November 19, 2012
More voters chose the Japan Restoration Party over the ruling Democratic Party of Japan as the party they want to see gain seats in the Dec. 16 Lower House election, an Asahi...
November 17, 2012
The ruling Democratic Party of Japan narrowed the gap in support with the front-running Liberal Democratic Party, but unaffiliated voters could well determine the outcome of...
October 22, 2012
Public support for the Noda Cabinet has plunged to 18 percent, the lowest level since the administration came to power in September 2011, an Asahi Shimbun survey shows.
September 24, 2012
Ninety percent of Japanese people and 83 percent of Chinese say relations between the two countries are no good, according to an Asahi Shimbun survey of public sentiment as the ...
September 24, 2012
Fallout from current tensions between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands is evident in the latest Asahi Shimbun public opinion poll on sentiment toward each country.
September 24, 2012
Fallout from current tensions between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands is evident in the latest Asahi Shimbun public opinion poll on sentiment toward each country.
September 22, 2012
After watching one of the world's worst nuclear disasters in their own backyard, members of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, a pro-nuclear association of nuclear engineers,...
September 10, 2012
If given the choice, most voters would pick “none of the above” in the presidential elections of the ruling and main opposition parties, an Asahi Shimbun survey showed.
August 28, 2012
Nuclear energy issues are a top priority for nearly half of voters in the upcoming Lower House election, rivaling perennial concerns about the economy and social security.
August 22, 2012
Popular support for a nuclear-free Japan by 2030 has increased sharply to nearly 50 percent, according to a new polling method that gauges public opinion after selected voters...
July 09, 2012
More than one-third of voters would back a coalition government of the nation’s two largest parties, but most voters appear disappointed with all parties on the national...
June 20, 2012
The central government for the first time will introduce “deliberative polling” (DP) to better reflect public opinion in compiling basic policies for nuclear power and...
April 24, 2012
Opponents outnumbered proponents in Fukui Prefecture and across the Kansai region over the proposed restarts of two nuclear reactors at the Oi nuclear plant, an Asahi Shimbun...
April 16, 2012
More than half of Japan's population opposes moves by the government to approve the restart of reactors at the Oi nuclear power plant in Fukui Prefecture.
March 21, 2012
An overwhelming 86 percent of people felt the presence of human bonds in society following the Great East Japan Earthquake, while 85 percent supported disaster victims through...