７１％日本人認為中国防空識別區威脅地區安全

Recently the NHK News on-line reported the following:

中国の防空識別圏「安全脅かす」７１％

12月10日 6時51分

ＮＨＫが行った世論調査で、中国が東シナ海に防空識別圏を設定したことが、この地域の安全を「脅かしている」と答えた人が７１％だったのに対し、「脅かしていない」と答えた人は２％でした。

ＮＨＫは今月６日から３日間、全国の２０歳以上の男女を対象にコンピューターで無作為に発生させた番号に電話をかける「ＲＤＤ」という方法で世論調査を行い、調査対象の６４％に当たる１０５５人から回答を得ました。
この中で、中国が東シナ海に防空識別圏を設定したことが、この地域の安全を脅かしていると思うか聞いたところ、「脅かしている」が７１％、「脅かしていない」が２％、「どちらともいえない」が２０％でした。
また、中国が防空識別圏を飛行する航空機の飛行計画書の提出を求めていることに対し、日本政府は日本の航空会社に応じないよう要請していますが、この対応が適切だと思うか聞いたところ、「適切だ」が４９％、「適切でない」が１０％、「どちらともいえない」が３１％でした。
年内の交渉妥結に向けて協議が進んでいるＴＰＰ＝環太平洋パートナーシップ協定に日本が参加することに賛成かどうかについては、「賛成」が３３％、「反対」が１６％、「どちらともいえない」が４４％でした。
原子力発電を巡って、国の原子力規制委員会が安全性を確認した原発の運転再開を進めるという政府の方針に賛成かどうか聞いたところ、「賛成」が１６％、「反対」が４６％、「どちらともいえない」が３３％でした。

(試譯文)

In the opinion poll performed by the NHK about China’s setting up of an air defense identification zone at the East China Sea, while the people who answered "it has a threat" to the safety of the area was 71%, the people who answered "it has no threat" was 2%.

The NHK performed this opinion poll for three days starting from the 6th of this month. It used the method of "RDD" which generated telephones number at random by the computer to look for men and women aged 20 and above all over the country. It got the reply from 1055 people which was an equivalent of 64%.

When asked whether they would think that China, having set up the air defense identification zone at the East China Sea, was threatening the safety of the area, "it has threatened" was 71%, "it has not threatened" was 2% ; "it can be said neither" was 20%.

Moreover, when people were asked whether they thought the response of Japanese government was appropriate for it to request the Japanese airlines not to answer China when asked to present flight plans of the airplanes that flied in the air defense identification zone, "not appropriate" was 49%, "appropriate" was 10%, "it can be said neither" was 31%.

About whether they approved Japan to participate in the TPP: Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement which deliberations were progressing towards a negotiation settlement before the year end, "support" was 33%, "against" was 16%; "it can be said neither" was 44%. 

When asked whether they would approve the plan of the government to advance the resumption of operations of the nuclear power plant that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the country had confirmed its safety on nuclear power generation, "support" was 33%, "against" was 46%; "it can be said neither" was 16%.

It seems that China’s setting of an air defense identification zone at the East China Sea may push some Japanese to support the strengthening of their national defense capability.