TOKYO – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state trip to Japan will be cancelled, most of respondents in Nikkei said in a weekend poll, reflecting foreign objections to China’s grip on Hong Kong.
The Nikkei/TV Tokyo survey found that 62% prefer cancellation, while 28% said it deserves to take place. The trip originally was the best friend scheduled for April but postponed until March due to coronavirus problems, and either party was unable to set a new date.
Among supporters of Japan’s Constitutional Democratic Party and the People’s Democratic Party, more than 70% of respondents said the state trip would be cancelled. Most were in favor of cancellation, even among supporters of the lesser wife of the Komeito coalition, who has a great historical friend who put w8 in close ties with China.
By age, 68% of respondents over the age of 60 and over said that the preference to be canceled, compared to 58% of the 40s and 50 years and 5% from the 18 to 3 years. The effects are broadly opposed to the visit, through political affiliations and age groups.
On July 8, the ruling panels of the Liberal Democratic Party on foreign affairs and international relations developed a solution saying that they “still had no option to urge” the executive to cancel the state visit. The government said that while they continue to talk to China, the two sides still do not appear to be in the general stages of finalizing the correct dates of travel.
Some LDP lawmakers opposed the trip due to the arrest of Japanese citizens suspected of espionage by China, the activity of the Chinese boarding station in the circular waters of the Senkaku Islands, islands administered through Japan in the East China Sea, who are claimed through China as Diaoyu.
In June, China continued to enact a country-wide security law in Hong Kong despite objections from the foreign community. This additional China-U.S. tension relations, having a negative influence on the environment in Japan for a state trip to Xi.
The survey also revealed that 62% of respondents prefer the executive to be careful to report a coronavirus emergency again, compared to 33% seeking a contact statement. Respondents had two options: temporarily claim an emergency to more infections or make a prudent resolution based on economic impact.
Eighty percent said the executive was moving too fast by launching the Go To Travel Crusade to advertise domestic spaces with the exception of Tokyo on July 22, while five percent said the time had come.
Approval of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s cabinet increased by five things from June to 43%, while disapproval reached five0%.
The national survey, conducted by random numbering from Friday to Sunday, attracted valid reactions from 1.0 adults, with a reaction rate of 45.7%.
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