National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted November 12-13, 2009

By Rasmussen Reports

1* How closely have you followed news reports about President Obama’s trip to Asia?

18% Very closely

31% Somewhat closely

33% Not very closely

16% Not at all

2% Not sure

2* How important are U.S. relations with Japan—very important, somewhat important, not very important, not at all important?

40% Very important

38% Somewhat important

12% Not very important

4% Not at all important

6% Not sure

3* The United States still has 47,000 troops based in Japan. Should the U.S. remove all its troops from Japan?

26% Yes

49% No

25% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence