INDIA'S PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ABOUT JAPAN

SECTION VI

JAPAN'S GLOBAL ROLE

1. How does Japan ensure its security ?

How Does Japan Ensure Its National Security ?
(in per cent)
	East	North	South	West	All India
By being independent and having strong military power	5	6	8	11	8
By having Defence powers and as an ally of USA	15	16	14	23	18
Depends on US mainly	16	8	8	6	9
Some defence and friendly relations	24	20	35	32	30
By having neutral policy	17	31	15	16	18
No idea	23	18	20	11	17

Japan Maintains Its National Security
(in per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.
By being independent and having strong military power	11	10	10	7	5	5
By having Defence powers and as an ally of USA	19	18	17	16	16	24
Depends on US mainly	5	9	9	8	9	14
Some defence and friendly relations	37	29	27	35	29	22
By having neutral policy	19	14	21	17	17	17
No idea	8	20	16	15	24	18

2. Is Japan a "super power" like USA ?

Is Japan A "SUPER POWER" Like USA ?
(in per cent)
	Yes	No
North	34	66
East	23	77
West	27	73
South	34	66

Political	36	64
Academic	35	65
Professional	27	73
Trade	31	69
Media	30	70
Govt.	33	67
All India	31	69

3. Should Japan become a "military super power" ?

Should Japan Become a "Military Super Power" ?
(in per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Yes, will become with threat to India	9	7	9	8	15	3	9
No, will remain peace loving	72	60	57	65	44	55	59
No idea	18	33	34	27	41	44	32

4. Does Japan play an active global role ?

Does Japan Play An Active Role Globally Commensurate To Its Economic Strength?
(in per cent)
	Yes, it is doing well	Yes, but not commensurately	No, it does not play	Don't know
North	36	34	7	23
East	30	48	3	18
West	32	39	6	23
South	37	45	8	10

Political	35	41	8	15
Academic	33	38	3	26
Professional	33	43	8	17
Trade	35	41	6	18
Media	39	40	5	17
Govt.	39	40	11	10
All India	35	41	6	18

5. Does Japan play an active role in Asian Development ?

To What Extent Japan Play An Active Role In The Asian Development ?
(in per cent)
	Plays active role	To some extent	Not much	Not at all	No idea
Political	22	58	5	3	11
Academic	28	46	11	1	14
Professional	25	54	12	1	9
Trade	24	48	16	1	12
Media	34	50	10	1	4
Govt.	32	48	10	-	10
All India	27	50	12	1	10

6. Which way should Japan contribute in South Asia Region ?

Which Way Should Japan Contribute Most In South Asia Region ?
(in per cent)
	In peace keeping	Economic and technical cooperation	Cultural exchanges	Promotion of trading and private investment	Enforcement of mili tary presence in order to maintain peace and stability	Others
North	22	68	3	4	-	2
East	23	75	1	1	-	-
West	31	65	1	2	1	-
South	34	57	5	3	-	-

Political	48	47	3	1	-	1
Academic	27	66	3	2	1	1
Professional	29	64	2	4	-	1
Trade	23	71	1	3	1	-
Media	25	65	7	1	-	-
Govt.	32	62	3	2	-	3
All India	29	64	3	3	-	1

(Multiple answers)