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Asiaman7
What does the data tell us?
In the first nine months of 2024, 5.2 million Chinese tourists visited Japan. This is a 228% increase from the same period in 2023.
People generally don’t engage in leisure travel to countries they view negatively. Therefore, we can be highly doubtful of these survey results. They were produced by the China International Communications Group, which is owned by the Chinese Communist Party.
Moreover, the chief reason cited for all this claimed negativity is the Senkaku Islands. That’s a Chinese government issue. Most local Chinese couldn’t care less.
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Mr Kipling
Considering the anti China propaganda coming from Japan towards China, I'm surprised it isn't 100%.
aaronagstring
And I imagine the feeling fairly mutual.
In other news: Water is wet. Shock Discovery.
Bobby Franks
We obviously have a great example of it right here!
TaiwanIsNotChina
None of which began in 2023 or 2024. Really makes you think.
West sea
So what?!…
factchecker
Gee what a shock.
Chabbawanga
Seen a lot of very happy Chinese tourists around here lately.
Aaron Wright
Communist Party propaganda published by JT? Hmm?
WoodyLee
Of Course, and the same the other way around.
Until these two great nations learn to accept one another for the good will of their people things wont change.
Stubbornness never produced peace nor prosperity.
Guess we have to wait for the new generations to fix thing.
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Gorramcowboy
That's ok. I'm guessing 90% plus of the world view China negatively.
Sh1mon M4sada
Ask Chinese people would they send their sons to die fighting for the CCP'S BOGUS claim to the Senkakus and see what the result is.
Fighto!
It's called Communist brainwashing, plain and simple.
Plus, a lot of jealousy from Chinese toward Japanese people and their freedoms and development.
Brian Trout
This “survey” is a complete joke. It’s basically a Chinese Communist Party press release published as “news” by JT.
As Sh1mon writes, “Ask Chinese people if they would send their sons to die fighting for the CCP'S BOGUS claim to the Senkakus and see what the result is.”
ian
Radioactive water discharge from fukushima will ramain a big issue for a long time. South Korea has not removed or even changed its ban on Japanese seafood. In the US, despite rising consumer demand for seafood, imports from Japan have dropped significantly
kibousha
XiXiPee propaganda working as intended.
They never mention how Japan helped China kickstart its economy through ODA since 1979, nope, Japan bad! works better for XiXiPee.
Asiaman7
A recent annual poll by the East Asia Institute, an independent think tank, showed that a record high percentage of South Koreans currently have a good impression of Japan.
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https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/20/japan/south-korea-japan-sentiment/
stormcrow
Judging by the way the many Chinese tourists behave when they're visiting Japan, that comes as no surprise.
Which begs the question, if so many Chinese have such a negative view of Japan, why do so many of them still come to Japan?
OR
Why do so few Japanese visit China?
OR
Why do so many Japanese prefer to visit Taiwan instead of mainland China?
OR
etc.
Jtsnose
. . . hopefully some things can be done to improve the bilateral relationship between both countries . . . for example, it does seem that there are a good number of people of Chinese descent who come to Japan for tourism, etc . . . .
Hercolobus
Not a surprise. The CCP has spread the flame of hate.
Yotomaya
What's the point of such a poll (or reporting results like this)? It makes it look like there is no nuance between pro- and anti-given country, which is just an appeal to blind tribalism.
ian
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Does that mean south Korea will lift its ban on japanese seafood soon?
deanzaZZR
This is a sad situation with blame on both sides.
The street interviews are from 6 years ago but it gives a good impression of the diversity of opinion of the average Chinese towards Japan at that time.
What The Chinese Think Of Japan l ASIAN BOSS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfR9pwuR5yE
Falco1
You started well stating that their regime brainwashed them but then your next statement shows that you feel that Chinese are inferior in your point of view which is toxic.
Asiaman7
The two aren’t mutually exclusive. South Koreas can favorably view Japanese and still have concerns about radioactive water discharges from Fukushima.
Brian Trout
Japan uses the “survey” to drum up fear of the neighbor who supposedly hates “us” (to support the government’s greater military spending?).
And China uses the survey to press for territorial “compromise” by playing to Japan’s desire to be liked.
Negative Nancy
What is the pupose of the poll other than to cause a stink?
I'd love to know what the actual questions were, and how the interviewees were recruited. When this kind of information is not properly reported, it suggests that the results are meaningless.
Let's all be nice to each other and stop it with the xenophobia.
dobre vam zajebava
fabricated numbers.
lets see hordes of chinese tourists here.if they doslike this country-will they come here to spend their money?
it will be interesting to ask Japanese same questions about Korea and China-how they like these two countries?
ian
So south Koreans view Japan favorably despite the country's ban on japanese seafood, ok.
stickman1760
Well, probably 90 percent of the developed world views China negatively while adoring Japan. I know where I’d rather be.
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BertieWooster
Yes, this is Chinese propaganda. So why is it being published here?
By printing it here, it becomes anti-Chinese propaganda. And there's already far too much of that.
deanzaZZR
According to the chart in the article linked below the "hordes" prefer Macau, Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and Australia to Japan as a travel destination.
https://www.eiu.com/n/in-charts-chinas-outbound-tourism-in-2024/
Gazman
Thats what the Chinese government want. I used to live in China, anyone watching the state run TV (everyone) is taught to dislike Japan at every given opportunity.
Sven Asai
Shouldn't construct the next conflict while there is none. They visit here in masses, even causing over-tourism issues, and that's surely not because they are 90% full of hate for Japen. Put some constraints on those fake information. The normal people in both countries are peaceful, friendly and mostly like also each others' people, culture, delicious dishes and delivered products.
Lindsay
I’d say it’s about the same for how Japanese view China.
shogun36
So, how does that pay my bills?
Oh, it doesn't? Then so, what?
Pretty sure it's the same feeling in Japan, and for no actual reason too.
Whenever I hear some Japanese person say "I hate Chinese people," or something like that, I ask why do you hate them?
silence..............................
Yup, no actual reason, except for just "I hate them."
HopeSpringsEternal
It's simply a function of actual and trend regarding success or lack thereof, were Japan to widely regarded as more successful, than its favorability would increase.
So real question is why Japan's not having this "success" that's so linked to favorability in China and elsewhere?
Even Trump's now viewed about 60% favorably, highest ever since first announcing original candidacy back in 2015. Why? SUCCESS
yakyak
Great! They should stay away and stop stealing all of Japans intellectual property rights.
William77
This is sadly an old story that we hear from over twenty years.
These two east asian neighbours despite sharing so many things in common they keep barking at each other.
ian
Well outside china , it seems everyone is taught to hate china at every given opportunity.
And simpletons actually lap it up eagerly.
dutch
like Uyghurs?
TaiwanIsNotChina
Sometimes you are, in fact, the bad guys.
Ricky Kaminski13
Remember authoritarian borg regimes need an enemy to function. The hate dial on Japan can be turned up whenever they please.
‘Yeah but, this one goes to 11.’
Spinal Tap
quercetum
I work in China, Japan, and Asia. This is simply not true from my experience. I highly doubt this.
elephant200
I think that is Okay, everyone has the rights to like or dislike someone or something with their own reasons.The Chinese dislike Japanese was due to history reasons. The Chinese like Russians is due to geopolitic reasons.
elephant200
The main reason why Chinese dislike Japanese ： Lacking sincerely to apologize for what the Imperial Japanese army atrocities done. More than 80 years long overdue !
Peter Neil
i would have thought it would have been higher.
deanzaZZR
@Sven Asai Best post in the tread.
ian
Hahahaha me? That's really stupid take
Anyway china maybe bad guys not just sometimes, like the US, but US is far worse.
ian
Lol had to scroll up when I saw your post.
Haven't read others' but Sven's, will take your word
starpunk
Major Duh Factor. Japan is a 'decadent' democracy with a capitalist (or at least 'mixed') economy that doesn't follow the CCP principals est. by the Murderous Bastard Mao.
And we all know that Mao had 'all the know-how' and was 'more Commie than thou'.
That's the crap ideology that Chinese citizens get spoon fed by their rotten government.
Not to mention that throughout history the imperial Chinese and Japanese empires have long been rivals and enemies.
Why would this be a surprise now?
itsonlyrocknroll
The despot dictatorship government of china have spent every propaganda sinew furnishing belligerent distain loathing discontent of Japan, its people its government..
I expected nothing less from a murderous clandestine regime that has committed appalling crimes, human right abuses to its own people, genocide.
None the less the people pf China still holiday in Japan spending, enjoying rudely abusing Hotel ever polite staff with appalling "zoo" table manners, littering, generally being a sneering boring nuisance.
Coulda been
Mr Xi adressing the masses: "You do not like Japan'
Response: ok.
DanteKH
Either the poll is a total sham, or the hypocrisy is at ridiculous levels. :)
Chinese are by far the nr 1 tourists in Japan. You can see hoards of them in Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Nagoya, and specially Okinawa. If they hate Japan so much, why are they invading Japan within millions every year??
itsonlyrocknroll
Get right up my hooter, the people of Japan doesn't disserve this nonsense
deanzaZZR
Nice bot.
Redtail Swift
Action speaks louder than words.
You don't go and give your money to the country and people you despise.
They come here, they spend their time and money here. We trade with them.
Nah, you can miss me with this. Not believing this article.
itsonlyrocknroll
I have little doubt China prefers Taiwan, so much so one day refusing to leave.
HopeSpringsEternal
Such strong emotions exist for many reasons, question becomes how to make these emotions more healthy, balanced and stable for the sake of peace in the region!
ian
Lots of people hate china but patronize its products happily. Aren't you one of them?
oldman_13
Seeing such a large percentage of respondents citing Fukushima water release shows their utter ignorance. China dumps more radioactive waste into oceans in a year than treated Fukushima water released in a decade. Not to mention China's horrible international reputation of destroying fishing waters among other environmental disasters.
deanzaZZR
Shocking, I know! An hour or two flight from major cities in eastern Mainland China and lo! the Taiwanese eat Chinese food, speak Chinese and follow Chinese customs.
Buildings look shabby in Taiwan compared to the modern cities in Mainland China but the locals are nice and friendly.
ian
Lol what about them?
itsonlyrocknroll
I have yet to visit Taiwan.
Hong Kong, Shanghai on a number of occasions.
I enjoyed the stays immensely. the people we met kind and polite.
I suspect this so called poll survey is concocted, a sham from a government intent to embitter both peoples , to poison cause resentment.
NCIS Reruns
As far as this survey goes, I'm skeptical. Chinese are conditioned not to make waves. But the millions of Chinese who visit Japan every year invariably return home with suitcases full of duty-free purchases and a generally favorable impression that as a destination Japan is clean and well organized, and its people are polite and generally honest in their dealings with foreign visitors. Word of mouth encourages more tourism, academic exchanges and immigration.
リッチ
China needs to get over it. Japan tends to get anyone who works here more then 3 months upset and unfavorably. Get over it’s. It’s a Japanese past time to tick people off who want to come here.
TokyoLiving
Being the concibine of good old US comes with a price..
owzer
Another reason to like the Japanese!
YongYang
Any "poll" can be made to reflect what the pollster wants. Am sure, as most people in most communities, countries, worldwide, just want to live in peace and get on with life.
@aaronagstring 06:55 am JST, water in fact, is not wet.
kohakuebisu
Yes, just ask leading questions and you'll get the result you want.
Since Japan hosts US bases and follows US foreign policy, then yes, Chinese are unlikely to see Japan favourably. This is on top of wartime atrocities by Japan in China, experienced by increasingly few people still alive.
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quercetum
Exactly. The answer is they don’t. They want to travel and see Japan and think of the Japanese as polite and courteous.
Bob Kunihiro
Well, I’ve never trusted China with their crappy cheap products.
quercetum
To give the impression that China and Japan do not get along at all, as ties start to warm.
The U.S. influence in Asia is minimal without war or weapons. Other than chips, China doesn’t need much from the US. They have Brazil and alternative markets to import commodities.
It’s like Sino-Russia and Sino-Hapanese relations, the U.S. takes a back seat.
Step aside US. Your little petty maneuverings in the Philippines failed. Come up with something better.
hashimoto.inforia@gmail.com
This time, the Chinese government is redirecting its own people's dissatisfaction with their own country onto Japan, so there is no need to worry about this poll. Japan is not at fault at all.
eupati
We do not love China either.
daito_hak
This precisely means that both nations have nearly 90% negative views of other. So what’s the point of this article?
SaikoPhysco
Just goest to show... when you're "disliked" you pretty much equally "dislike" back. They should just stop doing the surveys... maybe over time people will forget about this mutual problem.
NihonRyu
Honestly, the idea that Japan was ever a vassal state to China or will ever become subordinate is just not true. Japan has always maintained its independence. Sure, during the Tang Dynasty, Japan adopted aspects of Chinese culture and government, but that was a conscious choice to modernize—not subordination. And when the Mongols (under the Yuan Dynasty) tried to demand tribute, Japan didn’t just refuse—they defeated them in two invasion attempts. The idea that Japan was subordinate to China just doesn’t hold up to history.
Also, let’s not forget how much China feared Japan during the late 19th century. Japan defeated the Qing Empire decisively in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), showing it wasn’t just independent but a rising power. And even now, Japan’s potential as a regional power is huge. If not for the constraints of Article 9 and U.S. oversight after WWII, Japan would likely be a major military force competing directly with China for dominance in East Asia.
On Taiwan, it’s worth noting that Taiwan wasn’t even historically Han Chinese. It was originally inhabited by indigenous Austronesian tribes—people with closer ties to the Pacific Islands than to China. Taiwan only became part of the Qing Empire in 1683 and even then, it was treated as a remote frontier. Before that, it was under Western colonial powers like the Dutch and Spanish. Japan ruled Taiwan from 1895 to 1945, and modern Taiwan’s identity reflects a mix of these influences. The idea that Taiwan has always been “Chinese” is just misleading.
As for the rising anti-Japan sentiment in China, let’s be real—this is heavily driven by CCP propaganda. They often use Japan as a scapegoat to distract from internal problems. Yet despite all this “hate,” millions of Chinese tourists still visit Japan every year, enjoying the culture, food, and hospitality. If they hated Japan that much, would they really keep coming back?
It seems like China’s leadership knows that a militarily unrestricted Japan would be a serious competitor in the region, just like it was historically. That’s probably why they work so hard to stoke these negative narratives. The real history shows a much more balanced and competitive relationship between these two nations than some people seem to think.
voiceofokinawa
The Senkaku issue tops other reasons why they don't like Japan. If their claim that the Senkakus are China's sovereign territories historically and under international law is genuinely correct, I wouldn't say anything.
But their claim to the island chain is based on misconception and is completely wrong, whereby there must be a public, non-governmental, symposium to discuss the issue.
Makoto Shimizu
Japan as country, government and people should consider that there are 11 Chinese people for each Japanese person, China population is 11 times bigger than the Japanese one. Other important figure to consider is that the GDP per capita, the income of the Japanese is 3.3 times bigger than the Chinese. So, issues like the Senkaku Islands and its natural resources may not be be fair to consider 50/50 business as China needs more income to leverage with Japan. The world, Japan and China need urgently new leadership with a vision of sharing and cooperation, not selfishness, not polarization.
SomeWeeb
Who cares, China is viewed 90% poorly by the rest of the world after selling them trash for the last 2 decades. They lapped it up anyway, but it's all basically plastic pollution.
Great Bird
It's not fake news. The accuracy of the poll can be doubted though, a 24,8% increase is quite a swing without any really major changes, Fukushima water release started last year, Senkaku disagreement there's no major change unless I missed something, history didn't change either. On the Japanese side a decrease of 3% seems strange too, with the 2 attacks on Japanese happening this year I would have thought if anything it increases. And of course the title of the article is misleading. 90%. In the article itself it then says 87.7% And badly written "In another sign of deteriorating sentiment, Chinese respondents with favorable, or relatively favorable, impression of Japan dropped by 24.7 points from the previous year to 12.3 percent." That's not another sign, it's the same thing. Anyway, the most interesting and not all that surprising point really is: The dislike for Chinese by Japanese is higher than the dislike by Chinese for Japanese. 89% vs 87.7%
But but but but, they come to Japan, millions! It has to be fake. Well, if you have 1 billion people 10% is still 100 millions, a large part of the visitors is from these 100 millions. And it's bad or relatively bad together according to the article. Having a relatively bad impression of a country doesn't automatically mean you don't visit it. "I dislike the government, no problem with the people" and you say relatively bad, happens a lot I guess.
Of course the dislike is driven a lot by the Chinese government and the media it controls. Same as the dislike in Japan is driven by the nonstop overtourism reporting, when less people than 20 years ago on Fuji is a huge overtourism problem and so on. As for "why don't Japanese go to China" as somebody ignorantly claims in the comments: Numbers for 2024 of course will be low, for the following reasons: 1) No visa free short term visit for Japanese (until last weekend, now ok again) 2) Cheap Yen. In 2019 when there was the visa free short stay 2.67 million Japanese visited China. This year 5.4 million Chinese came to Japan (until September) With over 1 billion vs 120 million... Yes, proportionally more Japanese visit China then the other way around, 2019 vs 2024.
Sarunghakan Feng
Aside from the Western Bloc trying to divide and conquer, the East Asian region, that's for sure. Japan sees itself as a "equal" partner to the U.S merely based on a simple truth- it's weaker than the U.S and it got bombed and overwhelmed by it. It's still is, and will be considered a lapdog. Now, Japan exports it's soft power towards the West, and they're just happy to accept it, while ironically still being a bit xenophobic about accepting them foreigners. But hey, fetishes right? For China, it's been a long standing issue. I suppose there are bots and naysayers who want the status quo to be "white", much like the old issue of the "savages" and the "civilized white man", or (whoever rules the most) here. Is that not the truth? It's never been about democracy, but money. Power. For Japan, it's saddening that a couple of military units, or a specific era destroyed half of the relations with China because of their old militaristic ideology.
It's saddening because if Japan and China worked together to repel or work against the U.S of their own imperialism, it would be quite refreshing to see it. Of course however, is it not because they viewed in the past, that China was "backwards"? Due to US/UK forcing Japan to open trade in the mid-19th century, and that China couldn't still defend itself against the First and Second Opium Wars, along with the "Century of Humiliation". Now, the country's catching up, after the huge setback with the mass killings and revolts and self-destructive era of Mao. This fight is really between China and the West. Japan's got a few miniscule arguments, and major ones, but all of that pales in comparison to if Japan bows down to the West.
From Wikipedia,
"China and Japan are geographically separated only by a relatively narrow stretch of ocean. China has strongly influenced Japan with its writing system, architecture, culture, religion, philosophy, and law. For a long time, there was trade and cultural contacts between the Japanese court and the Chinese nobility.[citation needed]
@NihonRyu
Ironic. Considering the present Yamato treats the Ainu like foreigners, and treats them like outcasts. Taiwan was first discovered even through the Three Kingdom's ages. That's not a myth. Again, the whole point is globalization.
quercetum
The clients make these orders. I think you’re missing this point. The countries that don’t wish to buy cheap products, don’t buy them from China and don’t put in these orders.
The Walmart Americans are the middle to low income families and they’re the ones buying. These American consumers are asking China to make these cheap products because they want cheap products.
Cheap people buy cheap products because they cannot afford not to. If there were no demand for cheap products there would be no supply.
You are what you buy.
rivx
Seriously who cares what PoohXi CCP thinks LOL
quercetum
The survey is just a survey. Take it with a grain of salt. I would say the Chinese have a negative view of Sino-Japanese history but are not negative towards the Japanese and Japan at all. I’ll offer an alternative view.
Japan as a model. The Chinese wish to learn from the bubble years of Japan. Japan’s postwar years is learning the easy way for China to avoid the traps set by the U.S as opposed to learning the hard way through failure.
Japanese product quality. Western media don’t tell you this but the Chinese drive Toyotas. They choose Toyotas over Chinese models because they are quality cars and don’t breakdown. This is opposed to driving a Buick in China. Ask any American here, which car is more reliable, a Toyota or a GM car?
Chinese don't like spending money but love saving money. Car repair costs are a big turn off. Toyotas and Hondas don't break down. My American friend says his Toyota has over 300,000 miles. That’s close to 500,000 km!
Chinese love history and because of this we are positive towards the Japanese because there is Chinese history in Japan. There is fascination with Chinese culture in Japan. It is like time travel to go back to the Tang Dynasty in Kyoto and Nara. It’s like seeing the places in your literature from over a thousand years ago come alive.
If you want to see the Ming Dynasty architecture and culture, you’d go to South Korea. If you want to see Tang Dynasty you can learn Japanese and see how the language, culture and architecture influence each in Kyoto.
It’s not just the Tang but the Han Dynasty as well. Modern Chinese think the kanji 湯 means soup as in 酸辣湯 San La Tan, Hot and sour soup. When you come to Japan and see 男湯 and 女湯 you become confused because it literally means Men Soup and Women Soup. Then we realize the onsen culture was in the Han Dynasty 200 BC and 湯 means hot bath. This is expression is preserved by Japan.
This is one of many examples of finding your own roots and culture in Japan. I suppose it would be equivalent to an Englishmen discovering a 17th English word, expression, dialect or pronunciation in rural Iowa.
smithinjapan
It's a two-way street, the only difference being Japan is a supposedly democratic nation and with free and easy access to all sorts of information. I still know people here who call Covid "the China virus" with a big smile.
Pukey2
Where you you getting these stats? From your ...? Once again, another one from the Global Minority, G7 delusional world. The Global Majority or Global South does not think like you. Better get used to it because the BRICS are the future.
Anyway, must be a slow-news day for JT to be scraping the bottom of the barrel.
lostrune2
Lol, Japan is not the one that violates the other's airspace
kaimycahl
Why would you travel to another country that you hate, unless you plan to over take it by force. I think the article is baseless and the Chinese people in general don't feel that way it is the CCP if anything.
RedMapleCircle
I believe this is the poll that was conducted, but I might be wrong:
https://www.genron-npo.net/en/opinion_polls/archives/5654.html
rivx
china is nothing but a communist bunch of terrorist that thinks that they can take over land and countries. Sadly this boils down to the people of china who allow this to happen. Poohxi CCP sending their own for reeducation brain washing, murdering their own at Tiananmen Square. The real question should be for the china people. When are they going to unify standup and stop the Poohxi CCP terrorist?
rosujin
10% didn’t understand the question.
DanteKH
I wonder the % if there is a similar poll conducted in Japan, but also to the rest of the civilized
World, about Russia and China. :)
CrashTestDummy
Tons of Chinese visit Japan and spend a lot of money. I think Ginza in Tokyo caters to the Chinese shoppers the most because they spend the most money.
NCIS Reruns
That's just sour grapes. A lot of the products exported from China are made under license from US and European firms, assembled there with the same designs and materials and equipment used in those countries, with quality control supervised by US, Taiwanese, Japanese and European engineers.
As for native Chinese brands, I'm quite satisfied with my Xiaomi smartphone (the world's second best-selling brand after Korea's Samsung by the way), for which I paid a fraction of what an iPhone would have cost me.
kappa ko-hi
@NCIS Reruns - About the Xiaomi, didn't you post this? -
Tamarama
Come on China. Talk about a glass half empty perspective.
NCIS Reruns
Hey, iPhones are assembled in China too, and they sell for 10 times the price of the Xiaomi, so I figure China's going to get my money no matter what I buy. (Unless it's Korean.) Since I paid the equivalent of ¥19,000 for the phone, and the US retailer (Amazon) took its cut, I figure they didn't get very much of my money. I also give Lion-do, the sumo men's shop in Ryogoku, a lot of business. Most of their stuff is Japan-made and very good value for money.
starpunk
It's like I mentioned previously here. The imperial Chinese and Japanese empires have been rivals and enemies throughout the history of the Orient. But both peoples have contributed greatly to humankind in so many ways.
There are still some close-minded booger-brained chumps in America who use that 'Pearl Harbor excuse' to 'justify' hating Japan and its people. Yes, they had a fascist regime but those bastards were defeated and punished.
China (which was an ally during WW2) then had a civil war and the Commies won. Everything got flipped around. And the CCP in charge of it now are just plain rotten.
Even my uncles who served during the Korean war (just 5 years after WW2) have told me that. Many of them went to Japan for liberty and they loved the place - the people, culture, sightseeing, etc.
Japan has long been a much better place. The fascist government they had is gone. If the indoctrinated Chinese have such a negative view of Japan, then that's their problem.
genshijin
PM2.5 and other particulate matter spewed out by China over it's own population, Korea, Japan and other countries, causes more deaths and ill health than the release of radioactive water from Fukushima.
Dale Spenser
After the U.S. election, it would be nice to see polls take a break for a couple of years and give us a rest.
xin xin
Basically, Chinese have a love-hate Japan complex, fluctuating easily between the two extremes. So when they say they love Japan, remember that they can flip to the hate extreme in a wink; and vice versa. Those polls cannot reveal the complex.
Agent_Neo
It is hard to believe statistics that say negative opinions of China in Japan are below 90%.
Senkaku Islands issue: In 1968, a UN agency conducted an underwater survey, which indicated that there may be oil reserves on the continental shelf of the East China Sea. In 1970, Taiwan began to claim sovereignty over the islands, and China followed suit.
China and Russia are the only countries that suddenly declare sovereignty over islands or illegally invade Japanese territorial waters and airspace just because they have resources.
Recently, there have been cases of Japanese people being killed in China. And negative feelings towards the Chinese government for leaving these cases unresolved are growing.
The Chinese government's efforts to turn its citizens against Japan through its anti-Japanese policy of propaganda education seem to be working on the surface.
What the Chinese government wants is not facts, but convenient citizens who obey the government.