Korean media hype that "Japanese polls say that the number of Japanese who feel close to South Korea has increased", causing South Korean netizens to question

Source: World Wide Web

[Global Network Reporter Fu Jiajun] According to a report by "Korea Daily" on the 28th, a recent Japanese public opinion survey showed that Japanese people's favorability towards South Korea has increased this year, reaching the highest level in the past eight years. highest value. According to Korean media, this is due to the Yin Xiyue government actively improving South Korea-Japan relations and other reasons. In this regard, South Korean netizens raised doubts.

According to reports, Japan's " Mainichi Shimbun " and Saitama University conduct a survey on "the sense of closeness to Japan's neighboring countries and the prospect of developing bilateral relations with them in the future" for their nationals at the end of each year. "Korean Daily" quoted the results of the survey released on the 27th of this month, saying that this year, Japanese people's closeness to South Korea scored 2.4 points (out of 5 points), which is the highest since the relevant Japanese agencies began to implement the survey in 2014. highest value. Japan's closeness rating to South Korea was 2.3 last year, compared with 1.9 in 2019, the worst year for relations between the two countries.

reported that the Japanese gave a rating of 2.7 on the outlook for the future development of South Korea-Japan relations. In the survey, South Korea was the only country whose score rose from last year among all the countries surveyed. "Korea Daily" said that this is due to the Yin Xiyue government's active improvement of South Korea-Japan relations, and the Japanese media reported on South Korea's desire to improve relations with Japan. In addition, due to the influence of "Korean Wave" cultural factors such as the popularity of Korean TV dramas in Japan, the Japanese people's goodwill towards Korea has been enhanced.

also reported that in the survey, 66% of the respondents were uneasy about Japan's current security situation, and 80% of the respondents were in favor of Japan's increase in defense expenses.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of Korean netizens, and many people questioned the Korean media's reporting of the survey results. A South Korean netizen sarcastically said: "It's awesome. Does (South Korea) feel so happy to be liked by Japanese right-wing forces who ignore the legal system of the Republic of Korea?" ↓

Another netizen said: "Don't be funny in Japan, Don’t you claim that Dokdo is your territory? If you want to repair with South Korea, you should first admit that Dokdo is South Korea’s territory!” ↓

Some Korean netizens expressed vigilance about this, saying: “(Japan says) be close to South Korea It is by no means something to be happy about. Their insecurity about their own security situation is the point. Japan uses this as an excuse to increase its military power, and we must not take this lightly." ↓