87.5% of Japanese people feels anxiety toward Japanese society 10 years from now 【Survey on Japanese Public Awareness on International Social Issues】

Our institute and Research Institute for Japan’s Globalization (RIJAG) has conducted an Internet survey.

■ Summary of the results
・ 87.5% are worried about Japanese society 10 years from now
・ Awareness of the United Nations (UN) is about 40%
・ 46.7% answered that “The United Nations has not been able to deal with international issues well.”
・ 80% answered that “problems in Japan should be emphasized rather than relationships with overseas”
・ Voice for UN organizational reform

* Data of the answers to a total of 24 questions were collected regarding awareness of other social issues.

■ Survey report
Please refer to the following for the analysis by age group and the survey data of all 24 questions.

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■“Survey on Japanese Public Awareness on International Social Issues” Download from here

■ Survey outline
Survey target: 1000 men and women aged 16-69 from all over Japan who answered that they are “interested in social issues in Japan and around the world”
Survey method: Internet survey
Implementation period: April 14th (Wednesday) -April 15th (Thursday), 2021

■ Survey background
In addition to conducting a follow-up survey of the UN75 initiative conducted by the United Nations (UN) specifically for the Japanese people, some unique questions were added to clarify the awareness tendency towards their own country (Japan) and the international community. In order to make concrete proposals to the Japanese and international communities as our research institute, we conducted this survey to obtain the numerical basis for it.

In addition to the items described in the summary of results, we collected and reported data using unique question items such as questions about social issues in Japan and the world that they are interested in, and questions about the position of Japan in the international community.

We will further investigate what kind of world system is specifically desired, and while examining the ideal state of Japan in the international community, revitalize people to make efforts to address social issues.
Furthermore, we will continue to make proposals to appropriate organizations based on the quantitative data obtained from the survey, and will form a society full of hope.