Japanese media: Japanese people's "trust in the US" is only 22%, related to Trump

Reference News Network, June 30 - According to the "Yomiuri Shimbun" on June 30, a nationwide public opinion survey conducted by Yomiuri Shimbun in June showed that 22% of respondents expressed "trust" in the United States, with 3% expressing "very trust" and 19% expressing "partial trust."

According to the report, after Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election in November last year, a joint public opinion survey conducted by Japanese and U.S. institutions shortly thereafter showed that the overall proportion of Japanese respondents who said they "trusted the United States" was 34%.

Compared to this, the proportion in this survey dropped by 12 percentage points. In this public opinion survey, 68% of respondents expressed "no trust" in the United States, with 46% responding "not very trusting" and 22% responding "completely not trusting." The joint Japan-U.S. survey last year showed that the proportion of respondents who expressed "no trust" in the United States was 55%.

In the joint Japan-U.S. survey asking the same question, comparable data from after 2000 show that the lowest proportion of respondents expressing "trust" in the United States was 30%, which occurred during Trump's first term in 2018. At that time, Trump also strongly demanded correction of the trade deficit with Japan and exerted pressure in areas such as automobiles.

The survey conducted by Yomiuri Shimbun this time showed an even lower proportion of respondents expressing "trust" in the United States. It can be considered that this result is not only due to the Trump administration's high tariff policies, but also because of Trump's statements and actions on issues such as the Middle East situation and the Ukraine-Russia war.

Professor Nakabayashi Mieko, who studies American politics at Waseda University, said: "It can be considered that the 'trust' of the Japanese people in the United States is directly related to their 'trust' in the U.S. president... It is a rather serious issue for the United States not to be trusted by its allied countries." (Translated by Ma Xiaoyun)

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