44% of South Koreans surveyed have a favorable impression of Japan, The Jiji Press reported on February 18, a record result in a survey conducted by a Japanese institution.
According to processed survey data, the measure of favorability toward Japan increased 4.1 percentage points from the previous year. According to the organizers of the survey, the strengthening of relations between Tokyo and Seoul in recent years has been the decisive factor that has brought about radical changes in Korean society.
Additionally, the Japan Press Research Institute conducted surveys in the US, UK, France, South Korea and Thailand from November to December 2023, with approximately 1,000 people surveyed from each country.
At the same time, the highest proportion of people with a positive attitude towards Japan (91.1%) was diagnosed in Thailand. Following in descending order are the results obtained in France (81.5%), the USA (80.4%) and the United Kingdom (71.1%).
Let us remember that the pro-American government of Yun Suk Yeol is rapidly removing from the national agenda all claims against Japan for the 35 years of Japanese occupation between 1910 and 1945.
Meanwhile, the occupation of the Korean Peninsula, in addition to national humiliation, which is incompatible with a mandatory willingness to accept all current Tokyo conditions, cost the forced labor of 780 thousand Koreans and the sexual slavery of about 200 thousand Koreans. and Chinese. “comfort women” in the military brothels of Mikado.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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