Table10-a Difference of view on Japan Beautiful natural environment X image of Japan Einterests in social events Ewillingness to participate in social activities %   Beautiful natural environment A Image of Japan Agree very much Agree Somewhat agree Disagree   Irresponsible politicians 89.1 93.0 93.0 89.0   Academic goals-oriented society 89.2 91.3 88.4 86.2   High standard of living 87.6 93.3 83.1 67.6   Very safe 80.5 75.2 64.3 62.4   Comfortable place to live 75.2 75.8 61.7 42.9   Very democratic 67.2 61.2 49.9 39.2   Gender equality 52.7 50.0 45.4 38.7   Beautiful natural environment - - - -   Respect for freedom 50.4 38.5 31.0 16.6 nbsp; Respect for life 43.4 42.0 29.5 18.7   Kind people 48.1 39.5 24.1 11.5   B Interests in social events   Aum Shinrikyo trial 49.6 53.7 51.4 43.9   Food assistance to North Korea 62.8 47.8 45.6 45.4   People's referendum on nuclear power plants and waste incineration plants 56.6 49.0 42.6 44.2   U.S. base in Okinawa 48.4 40.5 35.1 34.5   Comfort women issue in junior-high school textbook 37.2 31.8 25.9 23.2   Reclamation of Isahaya Bay 40.4 28.8 20.1 21.0   Financial "Big Bang" 23.3 16.8 12.9 19.4   C Willingness to participate in social activities   Social gatherings for foreigners living in Japan 71.3 69.0 66.3 57.0   Volunteer activities 71.3 67.3 61.2 59.2   Neighborhood environmental conservation activities (e.g. cleaning, tree planting) 77.6 67.9 60.2 56.8   Overseas environmental conservation activities 75.9 62.1 58.6 50.8   Help getting rid of oil in the ocean (volunteer activity for oil leakage) 72.1 61.1 56.6 46.1   Peace-keeping operations overseas 72.1 58.6 57.3 49.2 (Percentages in column A shows those who "agree very much" or "agree" to the statements in this particular column ) (Percentages in column B shows those who are "very aware" or "aware" of the statements in this particular column ) (Percentages in column C shows those who are "very willing" or "willing" to participate in the activities in this particular column ) (<0.05)