EGN NEWS DESK
Nearly 42% of South Korean individuals now have a superb impression of Japan, a survey by South Korea’s East Asia Institute confirmed Thursday.
The proportion of respondents with a good impression of Japan jumped 12.8 proportion factors from the earlier 12 months to 41.7%, the best stage for the reason that survey started in 2013, in keeping with the personal assume tank.
The proportion of these with a unfavourable impression of Japan dropped 10.6 factors to a file low of 42.7%.
The survey was performed on-line from Aug. 26 to twenty-eight and acquired legitimate responses from 1,006 individuals age 18 and over.
Among the respondents who considered Japan positively, 53.6% stated that Japanese persons are form and sincere, and 30% stated that they’re fascinated with Japanese meals tradition and procuring there. About 60% have visited Japan.
Meanwhile, many respondents expressed unfavourable views about historic points between the 2 Asian nations. About 60% had been crucial of the South Korean authorities’s acceptance of UNESCO’s World Heritage designation for Japan’s Sado Island Gold Mines in Niigata Prefecture. About 40% didn’t help the federal government’s resolution to the wartime labor concern, which requires a government-affiliated basis to pay compensation on behalf of Japanese firms.
EAI President Yul Sohn stated that Japan’s picture is bettering amongst South Korean individuals, due to tourism, cultural and different exchanges, however they nonetheless have considerations about historic points.
Yul stated that the South Korean authorities must strike a sure stability on these points, whereas cooperating with Japan within the financial and safety fields.
