台湾、４人に３人が親日感 Japan remains the favorite foreign country and the most desirable travel destination for Taiwanese,

台湾、４人に３人が親日感　中国と対照的

2012年6月22日 01時00分

　【台北共同】日本の対台湾窓口機関、交流協会は２２日付で、２０１１年度の「台湾における対日世論調査」を発表した。７５％が「日本に親しみを感 じる」と回答し、０９年度の前回調査より１３ポイント増えた。東日本大震災で、巨額の義援金などの支援を寄せてくれた台湾人に対し、感謝を示す日本人の行 動が、親近感を高めたとみられる。
　震災後、日台関係が「より密接になった」との回答も６６％に達した。２０日に日本で発表された日本と中国の世論調査で相手国への「良くない印象」が両国とも高水準だったことと比べると、対照的な結果となった。
　調査は、２０～８０歳の約千人を対象に今年実施。

日本交流協會今天發布「2011年台灣民眾對日本觀感之研究」調查報告。內容指出，日本連續3年為台灣最受喜愛、最想旅遊的國家，有4分之3的台灣人認為，日本是「令人感覺親近的國家」，53%民眾認為當前台日關係友好。

根據日本在台協會提供的資料顯示，有高達41%的民眾最喜愛的國家就是日本，其中又以40歲以下的年輕族群最為顯著。

不過民眾普遍認為，未來和台灣走的最近的國家，應該會是大陸（37%），接下來才會是日本（29%），至於美國所佔的比例逐年下降，今年的比例為15%。

日本去年發生福島核災，台灣民眾慷慨解囊，讓兩國關係不斷升溫。目前有53%的民眾認為台日目前關係相當友好，比例增加25%。其中有高達39%的人認為，日本會是自己最想去旅遊的國家。不過也因為核災影響，有將近一半的民眾認為，短期間還不太適宜到日本旅遊。

Saturday, June 23, 2012

Japan's popularity in Taiwan rises to 75% in latest poll

Kyodo

Taipei — About 75 percent of Taiwanese people are fond of Japan, significantly more than two years ago, according to a new poll commissioned by Japan's de facto embassy in Taiwan.

The poll, commission by the Interchange Association and conducted by Nielsen between Jan. 30 and Feb. 22, found that 75 percent of the respondents feel a particular affection toward Japan, a jump of 13 percentage points from the previous poll released in 2010. The poll covered 1,009 respondents between age 20 and 80.

The results stand in sharp contrast with those of an annual Japan-China joint poll released Wednesday that found that 64.5 percent of respondents in mainland China have a negative impression of Japan.

This year's poll also shows that 41 percent consider Japan their favorite country outside Taiwan, 8 percent preferred China and another 8 percent favored the United States.

Respondents under the age of 40 were most attracted to Japan's contemporary and popular culture, while those older than that were more interested in other aspects of Japan, including its nature, science and technology, education, economy, sports and politics.

On Japan-Taiwan relations, about 53 percent of the people polled said they are sound, up 25 percentage points from the previous poll.

Sixty-six percent of the respondents said last year's devastating earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear disaster they triggered made bilateral ties even closer, likely stemming from manifestations of Japanese gratitude for the outpouring of support Japan received from Taiwan and its people, which included ¥20 billion in donations.

But 30 percent felt ties remained unchanged and 4 percent said they did not get closer.

While 68 percent of the respondents said they continued to buy Japanese food products after the nuclear accident, 32 percent said they either reduced the amount of purchase or stopped purchasing altogether, citing safety concerns.

The nuclear accident also caused 51 percent of the respondents to suspend their travel plans, while 26 percent said they did not have the plan to visit Japan in the first place, 17 percent said they are planning to go and 7 percent said they have already visited Japan since the accident.