世論 What Japan Thinks

Today’s survey is from not just Japan, but also from China, in a wide-ranging survey from Gallup International conducted into the matters of tourism, food safety, the environment, and the relationship between the two countries.

Demographics

For Japan, between the 5th and 17th of November 2008 1,200 people aged between 15 and 79 were chosen from all over the country at random from residents information and answered the survey either face-to-face or were left with the questionnaire. For China, between the 13th and 19th of November 2008 1,266 people between the ages of 18 and 59 from the 15 largest cities in China completed an internet-based questionnaire.

In the environmental questions in Q5, perhaps surprisingly China is more concerned than Japan about them, but when one looks at their particular worries, Chinese citizens are worried about the immediate threat from airborne and water pollution, this result being reflected in their distrust of their own food products.

I would like to visit the Great Wall of China and see the Terracotta warriors in their home settings, but I worry about being able to find veggie food and about the general level of hygene in the country.

Research results

Q1A: In the last three years, which of these Asian countries have you visited? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese, multiple answer, top 10)

Korea	7.9%
China	5.1%
Taiwan	3.6%
Hong Kong	3.6%
Thailand	3.3%
Singapore	3.1%
Malaysia	1.5%
Indonesia	1.2%
Vietnam	0.9%
Philippines	0.8%
Nowhere	82.9%

Q1B: In the last three years, which of these Asian countries have you visited? (Sample size=1,266, China, multiple answer, top 10)

Hong Kong	22.9%
Korea	4.3%
Singapore	4.3%
Malaysia	3.9%
Thailand	3.7%
Vietnam	2.4%
Japan	2.1%
Philippines	1.1%
Taiwan	0.9%
Indonesia	0.8%
Nowhere	67.5%

Q2A: Which of these Chinese places do you know the name of, which have you visited in the last three years, and which do you want to visit? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese, multiple answer)

	Know	Visited	Want to visit
Beijing	96.7%	2.8%	20.3%
Shanghai	95.4%	3.1%	23.9%
Hong Kong	92.3%	3.6%	27.3%
Macau	88.8%	1.2%	16.8%
Tianjin	80.4%	0.3%	2.9%
Nanjing	77.1%	0.3%	3.0%
Dalian	72.0%	0.7%	4.1%
Guangzhou	69.3%	0.8%	2.9%
Harupin	60.6%	0.2%	3.2%
Chongqing	58.7%	0.3%	3.1%
Suzhou	53.1%	1.1%	4.6%
Qingdao	52.1%	0.8%	3.6%
Xi’an	50.7%	0.3%	4.8%
Guilin	48.7%	1.1%	9.9%
Chengdu	42.9%	0.1%	3.2%
Hangzhou	38.3%	0.5%	2.3%
Shenyang	32.1%	0.4%	1.6%
Kunming	28.3%	0.3%	3.3%
Changchun	26.7%	0.1%	2.0%
Jingdezhen	23.7%	0.5%	3.1%

Q2B: Which of these Japanese places do you know the name of, which have you visited in the last three years, and which do you want to visit? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese, multiple answer)

	Know	Visited	Want to visit
Tokyo	93.2%	1.5%	68.9%
Osaka	84.8%	0.8%	38.8%
Hiroshima	83.6%	0.7%	33.8%
Kobe	71.5%	0.8%	19.3%
Nagoya	71.5%	0.8%	19.3%
Nagasaki	66.2%	0.5%	9.2%
Yokohama	60.8%	0.2%	15.0%
Kyoto	60.3%	0.5%	25.0%
Okinawa	57.7%	0.3%	15.5%
Toyama	42.4%	0.1%	12.6%
Nagano	38.2%	0.3%	4.3%
Fukuoka	35.8%	0.2%	4.9%
Nara	34.2%	0.3%	11.5%
Sapporo	33.3%	0.0%	8.2%
Sendai	31.2%	0.0%	5.7%
Suzuoka	26.9%	0.2%	10.6%
Kagoshima	19.6%	0.2%	3.7%
Akita	13.3%	0.1%	1.7%
Niigata	9.6%	0.2%	1.3%
Wakayama	4.7%	0.1%	2.4%

Q3A: Which of these Chinese famous sites do you know the name of, which have you visited in the last three years, and which do you want to visit? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese, multiple answer)

	Know	Visited	Want to visit
Great Wall of China	4.8%	2.0%	36.5%
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing	39.1%	1.7%	8.7%
Terracotta Army	38.0%	0.3%	10.8%
Mogao Caves	29.1%	0.2%	6.2%
Hangzhou West Lake	26.9%	0.4%	3.3%
Classical Gardens of Suzhou	21.0%	0.8%	3.8%
Mount Taishan	20.6%	0.2%	1.9%
Lushan National Park	18.9%	0.2%	2.0%
Hainan Island	15.5%	0.2%	2.8%
Three gorges	13.5%	0.1%	3.5%
Jiuzhaigou Valley, Huanglong	13.1%	0.1%	4.8%
Mount Huangshan	12.5%	0.1%	1.4%
Mount Wuyi	10.3%	0.1%	1.7%
South China Karst	8.9%	0.3%	1.8%
Leshan Giant Buddha	7.2%	-	1.8%
Potala Palace (Lhasa, Tibet)	7.1%	0.1%	2.5%
Buddhist Temples in Mount Wutai	7.0%	0.1%	1.4%

Q3B: Which of these Japanese famous sites do you know the name of, which have you visited in the last three years, and which do you want to visit? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese, multiple answer)

	Know	Visited	Want to visit
Yamanashi, Mount Fuji	69.6%	0.9%	44.8%
Tokyo Disneyland	54.2%	0.6%	32.3%
Tokyo Ginza	42.2%	0.6%	24.6%
Hiroshima Genbaku Dome	41.9%	0.2%	20.9%
Osaka Castle	36.3%	0.3%	20.5%
Tokyo Akihabara	26.1%	0.7%	16.6%
Kyoto Kinkakuji	21.2%	0.2%	12.2%
Hokkaido Hakodate night view	21.1%	0.1%	12.6%
Ito Peninsula	17.3%	0.2%	9.8%
Hokkaido Lake Toyako	16.4%	0.0%	85%
Nara Horyuji temple	13.8%	0.2%	7.8%
Hokkaido Shiretoko	13.7%	0.2%	5.9%
Beppu hot springs	12.8%	0.1%	7.7%
Seto Inland Sea Ohashi bridge	10.7%	0.2%	4.2%
Yokohama Minatomirai harbourland	9.4%	0.1%	3.9%
Okinawa Shuri Castle	8.9%	0.2%	4.4%
Fukuoka Dazaifu Tenmangu	0.5%	0.2%	2.3%

Q4A: When buying foods from the following countries, do you feel worried about the safety of them? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese, multiple answer)

	Not worried	A little worried	Rather worried	Don’t know
Japan	53.6%	40.8%	3.0%	2.6%
European Union	26.0%	48.4%	10.5%	15.1%
China	0.4%	5.7%	90.3%	3.2%
South Korea	4.9%	44.3%	43.3%	7.6%
USA	7.4%	58.7%	26.4%	7.5%
Australia, New Zealand	24.1%	53.2%	10.8%	11.9%
Thailand, Vietnam	2.8%	35.1%	50.9%	11.2%

Q4B: When buying foods from the following countries, do you feel worried about the safety of them? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese, multiple answer)

	Not worried	A little worried	Rather worried	Don’t know
Japan	22.8%	43.3%	17.6%	16.3%
European Union	31.8%	44.9%	7.0%	16.3%
China	16.6%	45.4%	33.9%	4.1%
South Korea	18.5%	48.4%	14.9%	18.2%
USA	23.1%	49.7%	13.0%	14.2%
Australia, New Zealand	34.0%	39.9%	7.2%	18.9%
Thailand, Vietnam	6.2%	34.5%	35.9%	23.4%

Q5A: How concerned are you about environmental issues? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese)

Extremely concerned (to Q5ASQ)	25.0%
Somewhat concerned (to Q5ASQ)	55.5%
Not really concerned	17.3%
Not concerned at all	1.9%
Don’t know, no answer	0.3%

Q5B: How concerned are you about environmental issues? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese)

Extremely concerned (to Q5BSQ)	56.1%
Somewhat concerned (to Q5BSQ)	38.9%
Not really concerned	4.4%
Not concerned at all	0.6%
Don’t know, no answer	0.0%

Q5ASQ: Which environmental issues are you concerned about? (Sample size=965, Japanese, multiple answer)

Global warming	89.8%
Unusual weather	57.3%
Recycling	33.6%
Ozone layer depletion	29.1%
Air pollution	19.8%
Waste disposal	17.6%
Deforestation	15.5%
Water pollution	9.0%
Marine pollution	7.9%

Q5BSQ: Which environmental issues are you concerned about? (Sample size=1,203, Chinese, multiple answer)

Water pollution	45.8%
Air pollution	45.8%
Global warming	43.2%
Unusual weather	28.3%
Waste disposal	27.5%
Deforestation	23.9%
Ozone layer depletion	20.0%
Marine pollution	11.3%
Recycling	10.7%

Q6A: Do you feel friendly towards China? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese)

Very much so	2.3%
To some degree	22.7%
Not really	50.6%
Not at all	21.1%
Don’t know, no answer	3.3%

Q6B: Do you feel friendly towards Japan? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese)

Very much so	8.1%
To some degree	28.1%
Not really	44.1%
Not at all	16.1%
Don’t know, no answer	3.6%

Q7A: To what degree are you interested in China? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese)

Very much so	5.3%
To some degree	26.4%
Not really	52.0%
Not at all	12.9%
Don’t know, no answer	3.4%

Q7B: To what degree are you interested in Japan? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese)

Very much so	21.0%
To some degree	36.5%
Not really	31.3%
Not at all	7.7%
Don’t know, no answer	3.5%

Q8A: How do you rate the current China-Japan relationship? (Sample size=1,200, Japanese)

Cordial	1.3%
Cordial to some degree	20.8%
Not very cordial	52.9%
Not cordial at all	13.9%
Don’t know, no answer	11.1%

Q8B: How do you rate the current China-Japan relationship? (Sample size=1,266, Chinese)

Cordial	1.0%
Cordial to some degree	38.8%
Not very cordial	45.3%
Not cordial at all	6.3%
Don’t know, no answer	8.8%