06/02/04 12:57:53 btPU3nyG0
Japan
Japan received very high ratings.
Of the 33 countries polled, a remarkable 31 gave a positive rating and 21 of these were a majority.
On average 55 percent gave a positive rating and 18 percent a negative one.
Japan was not rated in the 2004 BBC World Service poll.
The two exceptions were China and South Korea,
where 71 and 54 percent, respectively, said that Japan is having a negative influence.
Otherwise the only countries to have more than 30 percent with a negative rating for Japan
were France (36%) and Iran (33%),
but both of these were still predominantly positive (France 47% positive, Iran 57%).
Interestingly some of the most positive countries are in Japan’s region of the world.
An extraordinary 85 percent of Indonesians and 79 percent of Filipinos give Japan good grades.
Australians are also quite positive (60%).
Europeans are all quite positive, including Great Britain (57%), Germany (54%) and especially Spain (69%).
France and Italy are more low key (47% and 48% positive, respectively).
Also quite positive are Americans (66%) and Canadians (62%).