Why not translate?

Yahoo News:　政府の世論調査： 外国人客増、5割強が「不安」GOJ survey: More than 50% fear NJ tourist influx
http://www.debito.org/?p=2067

Johnny Says:
November 25th, 2008 at 7:27 pm

Obviously it’s not clear to the masses here that more tourists equals more money and more jobs for Japanese.



It does seem here that the government has once again asked a loaded question, and got the answer they wanted.

Actually, the article does say that 51% of the Japanese feel that the increase in gaijin tourists facilitates international communication/understanding, and 40% of the Japanese think that it activates the local economy.

外国人客の増加について聞いた質問（複数回答）では、「治安面から不安で、何らかの対策が必要」と答えた人が最も多く53％。「地域社会でトラブルが多くなる」も27％いた。「国際交流が進む」は51％、「地域経済の活性化につながる」は40％だった。

It is just that Debito and Dave Spector do not want gai(koku)jin to know that aspect of the Japanese opinion. They didn't translate the part and Debito didn't answer your comment.