Tokyo: Only 36.7 percent of Japanese people said they support efforts to provide diplomatic support to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula, hovering well below the global average, a survey showed Tuesday.

According to Yonhap News Agency, the percentage of Japanese citizens who backed the idea of offering economic and military support also stood at 25.8 percent and 12.7 percent, respectively, as per a report released by the Korea Institute for National Unification. The online survey was conducted from August 11-18 on 1,000 respondents in seven countries-Japan, Germany, Mongolia, Sweden, Italy, Canada, Poland-and 2,000 respondents in the United States.

Among the eight nations, Japan recorded the lowest figure in terms of all of the diplomatic, economic, and military support, the poll revealed. Except for Japan, the percentage of respondents from the other seven countries ranged from 63.8 to 76.6 percent in supporting diplomatic solutions, while 40.8 to 63.8 percent favored economic support. Regarding military support, the corresponding percentage reached 24.2 to 60.3 percent.

In the U.S., 52.1 percent of respondents expressed support for military action, despite U.S. President Donald Trump having strengthened his America First policy in his second term. On the issue of Korean unification, approval exceeded 40 percent in all surveyed countries except Japan, where support stood at just 29.3 percent.