Table1
Image of Japan

%
	Agree very much	Agree	Somewhat agree	Disagree
Irresponsible politicians	66.5	25.8	5.0	2.7
Academic goals-oriented society	56.9	32.2	8.1	2.7
High standard of living	37.7	47.1	12.4	2.7
Very safe	29.6	39.0	26.8	4.5
Comfortable place to live	22.2	42.8	27.8	7.3
Very democratic	9.4	43.9	39.6	7.1
Gender equality	9.6	37.0	45.3	8.0
Beautiful natural environment	7.6	29.6	51.9	10.8
Respect for freedom	4.9	28.3	49.8	17.0
Respect for life	7.4	25.5	53.5	13.6
Kind people	4.2	24.9	55.4	15.5

Table2
Image of Japan X gender

%
	Male	Female
Irresponsible politicians	90.7	94.0
Academic goals-oriented society	87.4	91.1
High standard of living	84.1	85.7
Very safe	70.4	66.5
Comfortable place to live	61.5	69.0
Very democratic	55.3	51.0
Gender equality	54.1	38.3
Beautiful natural environment	35.6	39.3
Respect for freedom	34.2	32.2
Respect for life	35.4	30.2
Kind people	28.4	30.0

Table3
Interests in social events

%
	Very aware	Aware	Somewhat aware	Unaware	Do not know
Aum Shinrikyo trial	18.0	33.1	37.0	10.3	1.7
Food assistance to North Korea	18.2	29.3	36.3	10.6	5.6
People's referendum on nuclear power plants and waste incineration plants	16.3	29.4	37.0	9.3	8.0
U.S. base in Okinawa	10.5	27.2	51.2	9.0	2.2
Comfort women issue in junior-high school textbook	9.4	18.9	42.4	13.1	16.3
Reclamation of Isahaya Bay	11.1	13.3	36.1	10.6	28.9
Financial "Big Bang"	5.4	10.0	39.8	17.1	27.7

Table4
Interests in social events x gender

%
	Male	Female
Aum Shinrikyo trial	48.8	53.6
Food assistance to North Korea	44.6	50.6
People's referendum on nuclear power plants and waste incineration plants	43.0	48.7
U.S. base in Okinawa	39.4	35.5
Comfort women issue in junior-high school textbook	24.6	32.2
Reclamation of Isahaya Bay	28.1	19.7
Financial "Big Bang"	20.2	10.1

(percentage of those who are "very aware" or "aware"of the statements on the left)
(<0.05)

Table5
Supportability on socially controversial issues

%
	Very supportable	Supportable	Somewhat supportable	Not supportable
Home care of the elderly	43.9	46.0	7.6	2.5
Promotion of organ transplants	43.5	45.8	9.0	1.7
Public acceptance of euthanasia	30.9	49.0	16.8	3.2
Accepting foreign laborers	26.6	50.2	20.2	3.0
Skipping grades for those who have excellent grades in physics /mathematics	21.4	34.8	27.2	16.5
A couple having different family names	18.0	33.8	34.3	13.9
Abolishment of capital punishment	12.1	23.1	40.6	24.3
Research and development of human cloning	9.8	14.4	35.5	40.3

Table6
Supportability on socially controversial issues x gender

%
	Male	Female
Home care of the elderly	85.7	94.8
Promotion of organ transplants	87.3	91.7
Public acceptance of euthanasia	78.6	81.5
Accepting foreign laborers	74.5	79.7
Skipping grades for those who have excellent grades in physics /mathematics	58.6	53.8
A couple having different family names	50.6	53.4
Abolishment of capital punishment	36.3	33.7
Research and development of human cloning	30.8	16.7

(percentage of those who think the statements on the left are "very supportable" or "supportable")
(<0.05)

Table7
Willingness to participate in social activities

%
	Very willing	Willing	Somewhat willing	Unwilling
Social gatherings for foreigners living in Japan	23.1	43.2	26.2	7.5
Volunteer activities	14.6	49.1	28.0	8.4
Neighborhood environmental conservation activities (e.g. cleaning, tree planting)	13.6	49.9	29.4	7.1
Overseas environmental conservation activities	19.0	41.1	31.8	8.1
Help getting rid of oil in the ocean (volunteer activity for oil leakage)	15.2	42.8	33.3	8.7
Peace-keeping operations overseas	18.2	39.7	33.1	9.0

Table8
Willingness to participate in social activities x gender

%
	Male	Female
Social gatherings for foreigners living in Japan	56.0	77.8
Volunteer activities	51.8	77.2
Neighborhood environmental conservation activities (e.g. cleaning, tree planting)	58.3	69.3
Overseas environmental conservation activities	54.4	66.6
Help getting rid of oil in the ocean (volunteer activity for oil leakage)	51.2	65.7
Peace-keeping operations overseas	51.2	65.6

(percentage of those who are "very willing" or "willing" to join in the activities on the left)
(<0.05)

Table9
Interest in information on social issues x gender

%
			Total	Male	Female	Significance difference
Newspaper	Political and economic news	Read everyday	9.2	11.2	6.8	<0.05
		Read 3-4 times a week	21.1	23.2	18.7
		Read once a week	34.7	34.8	34.8
		Never	35.0	30.8	39.6
	Sports and entertainment news	Read everyday	33.0	42.6	22.1	<0.05
		Read 3-4 times a week	28.9	27.9	30.0
		Read once a week	21.5	17.4	26.1
		Never	16.7	12.1	21.8
	TV programs	Read everyday	82.5	84.6	80.1	_
		Read 3-4 times a week	10.8	9.5	12.3
		Read once a week	4.3	4.0	4.6
		Never	2.4	1.9	3.0
TV news		Watch everyday	55.7	57.1	54.1	_
		Watch 3-4 times a week	31.6	30.2	33.2
		Watch once a week	10.3	9.9	10.8
		Never	2.4	2.8	1.9

Table10-a
Difference of view on Japan
Beautiful natural environment X image of Japan ・interests in social events ・willingness to participate in social activities

%
		Beautiful natural environment
		Agree very much	Agree	Somewhat agree	Disagree
A Image of Japan	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
	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)

Table10-b
Difference of view on Japan
Very democratic X image of Japan ・interests in social events ・willingness to participate in social activities

%
		Very democratic
		Agree very much	Agree	Somewhat agree	Disagree
A Image of Japan	Irresponsible politicians	92.4	94.6	91.1	84.9
	Academic goals-oriented society	90.5	90.7	88.0	83.9
	High standard of living	94.3	91.6	78.7	65.3
	Very safe	86.1	75.8	59.8	48.7
	Comfortable place to live	77.7	74.9	56.3	36.2
	Very democratic	-	-	-	-
	Gender equality	71.5	58.1	33.0	17.6
	Beautiful natural environment	52.9	41.5	31.0	24.4
	Respect for freedom	62.7	48.5	14.5	5.0
	Respect for life	43.9	40.8	25.0	14.3
	Kind people	43.1	35.8	21.4	12.6>
B Interests in social events	Aum Shinrikyo trial	55.7	52.3	49.5	45.7
	Food assistance to North Korea	56.4	50.7	42.1	49.6
	People's referendum on nuclear power plants and waste incineration plants	48.8	46.8	42.7	52.1
	U.S. base in Okinawa	45.6	38.2	33.9	45.3
	Comfort women issue in junior-high school textbook	38.6	28.3	24.8	33.6
	Reclamation of Isahaya Bay	31.7	23.2	21.9	35.3
	Financial "Big Bang"	21.5	13.9	13.9	27.7
C Willingness to participate in social activities	Social gatherings for foreigners living in Japan	69.0	65.8	66.8	62.7
	Volunteer activities	72.1	64.2	61.9	55.9
	Neighborhood environmental conservation activities (e.g. cleaning, tree planting)	70.9	66.2	60.4	51.7
	Overseas environmental conservation activities	62.0	59.7	61.5	51.7
	Help getting rid of oil in the ocean (volunteer activity for oil leakage)	68.0	58.2	56.2	50.9
	Peace-keeping operations overseas	61.4	58.4	57.9	48.3

(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)

Table11
Degree of political awareness
Comfort woman issue in textbook X interests in social events willingness to participate in social activities image of Japan

%
		Comfort Women issue in junior-high school textbook
		Very aware	Aware	Somewhat aware	Unaware	Do not know
A Interests in social events	Aum Shinrikyo trial	72.2	66.2	45.6	36.1	48.2
	Food assistance to North Korea	80.5	66.5	39.7	28.4	42.0
	People's referendum on nuclear power plants and waste incineration plants	83.0	65.7	38.2	26.1	36.1
	U.S. base in Okinawa	83.0	60.1	28.2	18.5	25.5
	Comfort women issue in junior-high school textbook	-	-	-	-	-
	Reclamation of Isahaya Bay	61.6	38.6	17.9	13.6	11.7
	Financial "Big Bang"	42.7	22.0	12.6	9.9	4.4
B Willingness to participate in social activities	Social gatherings for foreigners living in Japan	83.5	80.5	74.0	52.2	57.5
	Volunteer activities	69.8	77.0	62.8	50.4	57.7
	Neighborhood environmental conservation activities (e.g. cleaning, tree planting)	74.2	75.0	62.6	50.0	56.9
	Overseas environmental conservation activities	78.0	71.1	58.2	48.2	52.2
	Help getting rid of oil in the ocean (volunteer activity for oil leakage)	74.2	69.8	56.7	42.7	51.5
	Peace-keeping operations overseas	74.8	68.9	55.7	45.0	52.1
C Image of Japan	Irresponsible politicians	93.0	96.3	92.0	90.6	89.4
	Academic goals-oriented society	92.4	91.5	89.7	84.2	87.2
	High standard of living	81.6	89.6	84.9	83.8	82.1
	Very safe	67.1	73.9	70.6	66.7	60.1
	Comfortable place to live	59.2	66.4	66.0	63.5	65.8
	Very democratic	50.3	59.9	53.2	51.4	48.9
	Gender equality	35.9	43.6	48.9	47.3	50.0
	Beautiful natural environment	44.3	43.1	36.8	34.7	30.3
	Respect for freedom	32.9	37.4	30.7	33.4	34.7
	Respect for life	28.9	31.5	36.3	29.0	31.7
	Kind people	29.6	30.4	28.8	29.7	28.1

(Percentages in column A shows those who are "very aware" or "aware" of the statements in this particular column )
(Percentages in column B shows those who are "very willing" or "willing" to participate in the activities in this particular column )
(Percentages in column C shows those who "agree very much" or "agree" to the statements in this particular column )
(<0.05)