Positive Response to Korea's Announcement on Forced Labor Solution
Two out of three Japanese citizens positively evaluated the Korea-Japan summit held on the 16th.
According to Yomiuri Shimbun's telephone survey conducted from the 17th to the 19th targeting 1,001 Japanese voters aged 18 and over (based on valid responses), 65% of respondents answered that they positively evaluated the Korea-Japan summit, the newspaper reported on the 20th.
Negative evaluations of the Korea-Japan summit accounted for only 24%.
Regarding the solution to the forced labor issue during Japanese colonial rule announced by the Korean government on the 6th, 58% also gave positive evaluations, while negative evaluations remained at 31%.
Regarding the future outlook of Korea-Japan relations, "It will not change" had the highest response rate at 61%, followed by "It will improve" (32%) and "It will worsen" (4%).
Looking at the results of a telephone survey conducted by Asahi Shimbun from the 18th to the 19th targeting 1,304 voters aged 18 and over, positive evaluations of the Korea-Japan summit were 63%, significantly surpassing negative evaluations (21%).
In the Asahi Shimbun survey, positive evaluations of the Korean government's announcement on the forced labor solution were 55%, while negative evaluations were 28%.
Regarding the future outlook of Korea-Japan relations, the response rates were highest for "It will not change" (57%), followed by "It will proceed in a positive direction" (37%) and "It will proceed in a negative direction" (3%).
In a telephone survey conducted by Sankei Shimbun and Fuji News Network (FNN) from the 18th to the 19th targeting 1,095 voters aged 18 and over, 54.5% of respondents said that relations between the two countries would "improve" after the Korea-Japan summit. On the other hand, 43.5% expressed the opinion that relations would "not improve."
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