Major Japanese news agency Kyodo News recently reported in its Chinese edition that the Japanese Cabinet Office released not long ago the results of its diplomacy-related public opinion survey (conducted in 2024). The report showed that the total number of respondents who believed that Japan-South Korea relations were “good” and “really good” reached 51.2 percent. The total number of respondents who believe that Japan-China relations are “not good” and “not very good” accounted for 88.1 percent, a decrease of 2.0 percentage points from previous year.
The survey also showed that answers saying Japan-China relations are “important” and “really important” totaled 70.2 percent, an increase of 2.0 percentage points. The total number of respondents indicating “close” and “relatively close” to the United States accounted for 84.9 percent, a decrease of 2.5 percent from last year. The Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed the belief that, Trump’s re-election as U.S. president might have caused vigilance.
Source: Kyodo Chinese, February 14, 2025
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