EGN NEWS DESK
The proportion of Japanese respondents who stated that they had a unfavourable view of China stood at 89.0%, down 3.2 share factors from a 12 months earlier than. The share of Chinese respondents with a unfavourable view of Japan rose 24.8 factors to 87.7%, the very best since 2013, the 12 months after Tokyo nationalized the Senkaku Islands within the East China Sea.
Respondents in each nations gave as the explanations for his or her views points linked to the Senkaku chain and Taiwan, in addition to the detention of Japanese nationals in China over espionage allegations.
The proportion of Chinese individuals who stated Japan-China relations weren’t essential jumped 40.5 factors to 59.6%, whereas the share of people that view the ties as essential shrank 33.8 factors to 26.3%.
Social media platforms similar to Weibo and Douyin, the Chinese model of TikTok, which are likely to host radical anti-Japanese rhetoric, ranked excessive amongst respondents’ sources of details about Japan. People’s sentiment towards Japan is believed to be impacted by their use of such websites, in addition to whether or not they have visited Japan.
The survey confirmed that 67.1% of Japanese respondents stated bilateral ties had been essential, up barely.
On points hindering the event of Japan-China relations, with a number of solutions allowed, 35.5% of Chinese respondents cited Japan’s launch into the ocean of handled water from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear energy plant. The determine jumped from solely 5.8% across the time when the discharge began in August final 12 months.
In Japan, 50.6% gave the Senkaku problem as an element inhibiting rosier ties with China.
The survey lined folks aged 18 or older in Japan and China between mid-October and early November. Valid responses had been acquired from 2,500 folks.
