A survey found that 9 out of 10 Japanese citizens positively evaluated the Japanese government's strengthened COVID-19 quarantine measures for entrants from China.
In a telephone poll conducted by the Mainichi Shimbun on 1,059 people for two days from yesterday, 52% of the opinion was "reasonable" to strengthen quarantine measures for entrants from mainland China, and 37% said "it should be further strengthened." was reported to have replied.
On the other hand, only 7% of respondents said the Japanese government's measures were excessive.
The Japanese government said on the 26th of last month that China would change its policy to end "zero corona", and the next day it announced that it would conduct a corona 19 test for all arrivals from China, and on the 8th of this month it was mandatory to submit a negative certificate.
In response, the Chinese government temporarily suspended the issuance of general visas for Japanese nationals on the 10th, and announced that it would also stop issuing visas on arrival the next day.
Regarding the Japanese government's announcement that it would manage Corona 19 like seasonal influenza (flu) from this spring, 46% were in favor and 41% were "against", with a relatively tight split in pros and cons.
It was found that the elderly over 60 years of age had a high rate of opposition to this policy change.
The approval rating for the cabinet led by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida was 27%, up 2 percentage points from the previous survey.
The proportion of those who did not support the Cabinet was 66%, down 3 percentage points.
Even in the results of a public opinion poll released by Jiji News on the 19th, the Kishida cabinet approval rating was 26.5%.
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