From Kyodo News, via Japan Times Online:
Public sentiment toward China has improved slightly, helped in part by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s trip to Beijing in October, but the attitude toward South Korea has continued to worsen, according to a government poll released Saturday.
In the survey, 34.3 percent of Japanese feel positive toward China, up 1.9 percentage points from a year earlier, and 21.7 percent said bilateral ties are in good condition, up 2.0 points. Both figures dropped in 2004 and 2005.
The Cabinet Office polled 1,704 adults nationwide from Oct. 5 to 15. [Full Text]
