What Japanese really think of Donald Trump
Nine out of 10 in Japan would pick Hillary Clinton, citing her diplomacy and steadiness; Trump seen as arrogant, unpredictable and divisive
If the US presidential elections were being held in Japan, Donald Trump would not have a prayer of getting into the Oval Office.
Research undertaken by the South China Morning Post shows that 88 per cent of Japanese voters would opt for Hillary Clinton, if they had a vote, with a mere 7 per cent having a positive personal impression of the Republican candidate.
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Asked to choose the attributes that most accurately describe Trump, Japanese people selected “arrogant”, “unpredictable” and “divisive”. Clinton, on the other hand, was seen as being “well-prepared”, “diplomatic” and “steady”.
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“My image of Clinton is that she is clever and has experience of government,” said Kanako Hosomura, 34, a housewife from Yokohama. “But, to be honest, we have not seen much of her in the Japanese media because all the coverage has been of Trump.
“Everything I have seen tells me that he’s eccentric and egocentric,” she added. “I can’t understand some of his policies; he hates immigrants yet his wife is an immigrant and his own family originally came from overseas. How can he be so black-and-white on such an issue? Every time I see him on television, he reminds me of Kim Jong-un,” she added, comparing Trump with the North Korean dictator. “He’s that extreme, that unpredictable – and I think Japanese people find that quite scary.
“I think that if he is elected, he could do a lot of damage in a short time.”
