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US President Joe Biden's recent remarks about foreign labor have provoked pushback from Japan's government. Many Japanese residents echoed that sentiment, though their immigration track record may suggest otherwise.
Some 88 per cent of respondents also say North Korea is a cause for concern, while 89 per cent identify Russia as a danger, according to the annual survey.
A new poll shows that half of Japanese favour restarting dozens of reactors in the country, compared with 30 per cent in previous surveys.
Earlier promotion of the film featuring an image of a mushroom cloud and Barbie sparked outrage in Japan, forcing its distributor to apologise for its ‘inconsiderate actions’.
Some 86 per cent of the 3,000 respondents in the annual Cabinet Office survey had negative feelings about China and were concerned about Chinese aggression in the South China Sea, Taiwan and the Diaoyu Islands.