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Regarding the issue that Prime Minister Yoshii Suga did not appoint six jurists and historians recommended by the Japan Academy of Sciences, Mr. Suga did not explain the reason for rejecting the appointment, and there were times when the opposition party was in trouble, so the Diet There are often times when deliberation is confusing.
However, in recent opinion polls, there are many who consider the lack of explanation to be a problem, but for the rejection of the quote itself, “I don’t think it’s a problem” is more than “it’s a problem.” Social media posts related to this topic are also on the decline. It is a form that highlights that the public interest vanishes without solving the problem.
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Changes in the number of writings related to “academic conferences” analyzed by the SNS analysis tool “Social Insight”. It peaked on October 3 and continues to decline.
The former president also questioned the “integrity” in the opposition party hearing …
The question remains latent as to why the rejection of the appointment occurred. Takashi Onishi, who was the chair of the Japan Academic Conference from 2011 to 2017, attended a joint opposition hearing held at the Diet on November 9, 2020, and Suga continued to hold on to the academic conference. I questioned the coherence between “conscience” and what he said when he met Mr. Suga.
“If you’ve always been aware of the problem, why haven’t you refused to be named until now? I met with Secretary Suga several times, but at the time, concerns were expressed. I never have, if you could express your concerns at the time, I think it would have been possible to accept it as an academic lecture, discuss it with everyone as a selection policy and incorporate it. But that was not the case. Even if I was told that I had been aware of the problem for a long time, it is difficult say “Is that so?”
In recent opinion polls, many said they were dissatisfied with the government’s explanation, and the Cabinet approval rating continues to decline. In a poll conducted by JNN from November 7-8,
“Do you think Prime Minister Kan’s explanation of the firing (designation) is sufficient? Do you think it is insufficient?”
In response to the question, 21% answered “sufficient”, 56% answered “insufficient” and 23% answered “I do not answer / do not know”. The approval rating of the Kan Cabinet was 66.8%, 3.9 points lower than the previous poll (3-4 October), and the disapproval rate was 28.2%, which was 4.0 points. higher.
The decline in approval ratings was only 7 points, “criticism of this issue seems to be lacking in some respects.”
Although a simple comparison is not possible, the answer to the question about the “citation rejection problem” itself, rather than the “sufficient explanation” changes the situation. In a survey conducted by Mainichi Shimbun and the Center for Social Research on November 7, 37% of respondents answered that the issue of denial of appointment was a “problem”, 44% said “I don’t think it is a problem “and” I cannot say that “is 18%”. “I do not think it is a problem” exceeded “It is a problem”. Almost 80% of the respondents who answered “it is a problem” said they did not support the Kan Cabinet , and the article analyzed that “the problem of refusal to name appears to have contributed to the decline in approval ratings.”
The Cabinet approval rating was 57%, 7 points less than the previous poll (September 17) immediately after the administration took office. The disapproval rate was 36%, 9 points more. The article also notes that “criticism of this issue seems to be lacking in some respects,” as the rate of decline in approval ratings was only 7 points.
The number of mentions on social media is approximately 15% of the peak
Even on social media, the response to this problem is diminishing. This issue came to light on October 1, when the Communist Party newspaper “Shinbun Red Flag” reported. According to a survey using the SNS analysis tool “Social Insight”, the number of posts on Twitter related to the “Academic Conference” increased dramatically on October 2, the next day. It increased further on October 3, the next day, but peaked that day and has continued to gradually decline since then.
There is also a time when the number of tweets spikes suddenly. For example, on October 6, when the “privatization theory” became a hot topic, Governor Kawakatsu Heita of Shizuoka prefecture told a meeting the day before that “the education level of a woman was unintentionally revealed. person named Yoshii Suga. ” On October 9, the day after the Japan Academy of Sciences’ downsizing of the secretariat system was reported, on March 9, Suga said on an NHK show that “some things can be explained and some cannot. “, which spread the waves. For example, March 27.
However, the growth of these tweets is temporary, and the number of tweets on November 9 is only 14.7, assuming that the maximum number on October 3 is 100. A similar trend appears in the analysis of the keywords of “Japan Academic Conference”.
(J-CAST News Editorial Department, Hiroshi Kudo)
