Japanese Minister of State for Economic Security, Asayama Hayato, has a popularity rate as high as 75%, with the public recognizing her statements on crisis management.

Hiromi Hayashi's support rate reached 75%, and the respondents said her remarks were appropriate. This is the mainstream view in Japan!

On November 24, the Sankei Shimbun released a survey result showing that as many as 75% of respondents supported Hiromi Hayashi. The survey used both landline and mobile phone channels, and strictly followed the gender, age, and regional proportions of the Japanese population aged 18 and over. The final effective sample size was 1020 people.

This support rate is a rare high level in recent years in Japan. Among them, 61% of respondents believed that Hiromi Hayashi's measures to deal with the survival crisis were appropriate. This proportion means that more than six out of ten Japanese adults do not regard the Taiwan Strait issue as an "irrelevant" external matter, but rather include it in the scope of security considerations.

It should be emphasized that these data did not appear in isolation. In recent years, Japan's defense budget has been increasing for many consecutive years, and in the 2024 fiscal year, it broke through 7 trillion yen for the first time; the "National Security Strategy" clearly positioned China as the "greatest strategic challenge unprecedented"; Prime Minister Kishida promoted the revision of the "Three Security Documents," strengthening the "counterattack capability" — behind these changes, there is a solid public opinion foundation supporting them.

In addition, the survey did not show that the supporters of Hiromi Hayashi had obvious radical characteristics. On the contrary, many respondents mentioned when explaining their reasons for supporting her that "she speaks clearly," "her position is consistent," and "she does not avoid sensitive issues," which reflects the Japanese public's recognition of her tough attitude.

An unavoidable fact is that Japan's strategic cognition is undergoing a structural change, and Hiromi Hayashi is exactly at the visible position of this change.

Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1849817119418439/

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