Japanese rate their government’s response to the coronavirus

This survey was conducted by the Mainichi Newspaper and the Social Survey Research Center into COVID-19 response. I’ve linked to the English version, but hopefully my tables are easier to read.

Research results

Q1: Do you think the state of emergency will be lifted at the end of May?

	All	In special emergency areas	Other
Yes	35%	46%	19%
No	46%	53%	31%
Don’t know	17%	17%	16%

Q2: How did you spend this Golden Week?

Stayed at home	15%
Just went to work, shopping; the bare minimal	82%
Went on holiday, sightseeing, leisure facilities	1%

Q3: Since the state of emergency declaration, about how much have you reduced your interactions with others?

80% or more	56%
More than half	26%
Less than half	9%
Hardly changed	9%

Q4: How do you feel about Japan’s treatment, testing regime regarding COVID-19?

Have worries	68%
Don’t worry	14%
Can’t say either way	17%

Q5: How do you rate the Abe government’s response to COVID-19?

Rate it well	22%
Rate it poorly	48%
Can’t say either way	29%

Q6: Do you support the Abe government?

Support	40%
Don’t support	45%
No answer	15%

Q7: The Abe government has extended the state of emergency to cover all the country until the end of May. How do you rate that?

Appropriate	66%
Should be limited to certain prefectures only	25%
Shouldn’t have been extended	3%
Don’t know	5%

Q8: Do you think the state of emergency will be lifted by the end of May in the prefecture that you live in?

Yes	35%
No	46%
Don’t know	17%

Demographics

From 5 pm to 8 pm on the 6th of May mobile phones and fixed phones were randomly dialled; usable results were obtained from 575 mobile phone users and 575 fixed phones, them the results weighted according to census population distribution.