Japan

[Schneemann]

Nicht nur in Deutschland haben seit dem Amtsantritt von Trump die Befürchtungen zugenommen, dass die USA von Sicherheits- und Beistandszusagen abrücken könnten. Ähnlich sieht es wohl auch in Japan aus, wobei nur 15% der Befragten angeben, sie glauben, dass die USA Sicherheitszusagen erfüllen würden.

Survey: 77% doubt U.S. will protect Japan in military crisis

Despite the long existence of the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty, only 15 percent of Japanese believe the United States “will protect” Japan in the event of a military emergency, a survey showed.

Around 77 percent of survey respondents said they do not think Washington will protect its alliance partner. Although simple comparisons cannot be made because of differences in survey methods, the ratios of those skeptical of U.S. protection in past surveys had been less than 60 percent.

When asked about Japan’s diplomacy with the United States, 24 percent said that Tokyo “should follow (the wishes of Washington) as much as possible,” while 68 percent said Japan “should be independent as much as possible.” The nationwide survey was conducted by mail from late February, after Donald Trump was inaugurated as U.S. president for a second time, to early April on 3,000 randomly selected voters.

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/15733368

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