An NHK questionnaire conducted on candidates for the Upper House election highlights the differences in the way of thinking of each party in foreign affairs and security policy, beyond the boundaries of the ruling party and the opposition party.
In this election, diplomatic and security policies have been implemented in response to Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the launch of ballistic missiles by North Korea, and China's intensification of its expansion into the East China Sea and South China Sea. It has become one of the issues.
In a questionnaire conducted by NHK to candidates for the Upper House election,
◇ What do you think about the government's sanctions against Russia
? 38%
answered "da", 34% answered "should be further strengthened",
and 15% answered "too strict".
Comparing the average number of responses by political party,
the degree of "should be further strengthened" was particularly high for the Communist Party, and
▼ Constitutional Democratic Party,
▼ Komeito Party,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai,
▼ People The
Democratic Party, the
Liberal Democratic Party, and the
NHK Party are leaning toward the "should be stronger" side.
On the other hand,
▼ Reiwa Shinsengumi has a high degree of "too strict".
Also, the
Social Democratic Party is slightly closer to the "too strict" side.
◇ How do you think defense spending should be increased in the future? We asked in five stages from "significantly increase" to "significantly reduce".
▼ 28% "should increase significantly"
, ▼ 38% "should increase to some extent"
, ▼ 11% "should be at the current level",
▼ 6% "should decrease to some extent",
▼ "Should be significantly reduced" was 13%.
Comparing the average answers by political party,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai has the highest degree of “should be increased”, followed by
▼ Liberal Democratic Party,
▼ NHK Party,
▼ Democratic Party for the People, and
▼ Komeito. The degree of "should be increased" is increasing in order.
On the other hand, the
▼ Communist Party and the
▼ Social Democratic Party have a high degree of “should be reduced”.
In addition,
▼ "Reiwa Shinsengumi" is slightly leaning toward "should be reduced"
▼ The average value of the Constitutional Democratic Party is almost halfway between "should be increased" and "should be reduced".
◇ I asked about the pros and cons of having the so-called "enemy base attack ability" in four stages, including "if anything".
▼ "Agree" was 30%,
▼ "Rather agree" was 26%,
▼ "Rather disagree" was 7%, and
▼ "Disagree" was 27%.
Comparing the average number of responses by political party
, the degree of "agreement" was higher in the order of
▼ NHK Party,
▼ Liberal Democratic Party,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai, and ▼ Democratic Party for the People.
In response, the
Communist Party and the
Social Democratic Party all answered "opposite", while the
Reiwa Shinsengumi and
the Constitutional Democratic Party had a higher degree of "opposition".
on the other hand,
▼ 63% of Komeito did not answer.
◇ I asked if the "three non-nuclear principles" should be "maintained" or "reviewed".
▼ "should be maintained" was 57%, and
▼ "should be reviewed" was 30%.
Comparing the average responses by political party, all four parties,
▼ Komeito,
▼ Communist Party,
▼ Reiwa Shinsengumi, and
▼ Social Democratic Party, answered that they should be maintained.
Next,
the degree of "should be maintained" by the Constitutional Democratic Party increased.
Furthermore
, ▼ Liberal Democratic Party and
▼ Democratic Party for the People continue.
Only the NHK Party
had a high degree of "review" .
On the other hand,
▼ Nippon Ishin no Kai "does not answer" accounts for 70%.