In a poll by the Cabinet Office on diplomacy, about 85% of respondents said they "do not think it is good" about their relationship with China, which has been 50 years since the normalization of diplomatic relations.
In order to understand the public awareness of diplomacy, the Cabinet Office conducted an opinion poll by mail from the end of September to November last year, targeting 3,000 people aged 18 and over nationwide, and received responses from 1701 people, or 56.7%. rice field.
According to this, regarding the relationship with China, which has been 50 years since the normalization of diplomatic relations, the number of people who answered "I think it is good" was 14.5%, a decrease of 2.6 points from the previous survey. , ▽ The number of people who answered "I don't think it's good" increased by more than 3 points to 85.2%.
On the other hand, regarding relations with the United States, ▽ "I think it is good" increased by 5 points from the previous time to 91.3%, and ▽ "I do not think it is good" decreased by 4 points to 8.5%.
The percentage of people who think that they have a good relationship with the United States is the highest since the survey started in 1975, although it is not possible to make a simple comparison because the survey method was partially changed from the previous survey.
A person in charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "For China, it seems that the repeated invasion of Japan's territorial waters and human rights issues are affecting public awareness. For the United States, it shows that Japan-US relations are good. Isn't it? "