Seventy-Six Percent of Japanese Support Upholding Three Non-Nuclear Principles

Dragon Media News Desk

Seventy-six percent of people in Japan support maintaining the country’s Three Non-Nuclear Principles of not possessing, not producing and not permitting the introduction of nuclear weapons into its territory.

According to a nationwide opinion poll released by Kyodo News on Sunday, a clear majority of Japanese citizens favoured continuing the country’s long-standing non-nuclear policy.

The survey also sought public views on the government’s decision in April to lift its decades-old restriction on the export of lethal weapons.

Thirty-six percent of respondents said Japan should limit exports to non-lethal military equipment, even when supplying allied countries.

Another 53 percent said the ban on lethal-weapons exports should remain in place or that the government should reconsider its new policy.

The survey was conducted by the Japan Association for Public Opinion Research and covered 3,000 people aged 18 and above.

The nationwide polling organisation, established by Kyodo News and its member organisations, carried out the survey in June and July.