U.S. citizens' confidence in Japan reaches record level: survey

Tuesday 19th May, 06:25 AM JST

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Mittsu at 01:25 PM JST - 19th May

dependable indeed - who could argue otherwise?
Yelnats at 03:46 PM JST - 19th May

Very hard to make very tight friends here, so what are these people basing their opinions on? I get a kick out of the place, but not dependable. They are not allowed to carry bullets in the self defence force, and cannot shoot at pirates unless shot at first, so the pirates know not to shoot at them. Duh
apecNetworks at 04:27 PM JST - 19th May

It's soooooo heartwarming to see US-Japan relations on the up and up.
Nessie at 04:41 PM JST - 19th May

Wonder what percent of Americans think America is a dependable country.
sharky1 at 05:01 PM JST - 19th May

Say...the information on these surveys is getting better, but we still have no geographic info on the sample, no info on how the sample was selected, so we really can't generalize this to include the US public.
Stanley50 at 05:57 PM JST - 19th May

I have my own study: 80% of Americans think Japan is a city in China
1keiron at 06:47 PM JST - 19th May

LOL that made me tickle.

Stanley50 at 05:57 PM JST - 19th May

I have my own study: 80% of Americans think Japan is a city in China
smithinjapan at 06:58 PM JST - 19th May

I'm happy that the US is showing increased interest and better opinion in Japan as a whole, but what are they more 'dependable' on? Just a question -- that's not insinuating anything (for those quick to assume I might be bashing the country). What were the criteria?
Nessie at 07:11 PM JST - 19th May

It was a typo -- they meant "deep-endable".
nandakandamanda at 07:21 PM JST - 19th May

Heavily doctored (selective?) article.

The last sentence for example, is missing the percentage for the general population.

And at the beginning, although US 'public' confidence in Japan is said to be going up, the confidence of the 'influential group' towards Japan is stated to be actually going down slightly. (See 2nd para)
dracpoo2 at 07:46 PM JST - 19th May

I dare them to live here for a year at least......
mushroomcloud at 10:38 PM JST - 19th May

I have my own study: 80% of Americans think Japan is a city in China

Not too far off the mark. Several people I have come across thought that Japan was a province of China. In-bred folks, yee-haa!
Potsu at 11:55 PM JST - 19th May

"And some people pretend to believe that Japan's whaling activities are causing it's international image grave damage?" Gee,yes,I bet that came into consideration! lol....I'm sure there were a few more serious issues than that somehow.
OssanAmerica at 03:28 AM JST - 20th May

I have my own study: 80% of Americans think Japan is a city in China

I agree with that. And those same people think "Europe" is one country.
GW at 10:38 AM JST - 20th May

fuse

Hmmm, glad to know Japan Haters are living in Japan....Gaijin are what make Japan so wonderful, you know, with all the hate and bad-mouthing they bring into the country - as proven by the above posts.

Ahh gee whiz thx for not telling us(folks who critisize yr beloved Jpn)that if we dont like to leave, very gracious of you! Perhaps yr just super happy watching LDP etc running Jpn into the ground many of us gaijin see Jpn instead of improving herself instead keeps shooting`er feet off all the time & come on, JT puts all these bad bad kyodo clips on here so we can sound off & oblige them with the hits they need.

Fuse, again just wanted to say thx for not telling us to leave if we dont like some things ha ha