INDIA'S PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS ABOUT JAPAN

SECTION II

PERCEPTIONS ABOUT JAPAN AND JAPANESE

1. Better knowledge of which country ?

Which Country Is Known Better ?
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
USA	49	51	54	57	47	66	54
Japan	18	18	14	22	24	10	18
Britain	14	12	16	9	11	10	12
France	2	5	3	3	5	5	4
Germany	4	2	5	2	2	4	3
Canada	2	3	2	3	3	3	3
Russia	4	6	5	2	5	1	4

2. Which aspects are known better ?

What Aspects Of Japan, People Know Most ?
(per cent)
Japanese products	7
Japanese technology	66
Japanese industry	7
Japanese economic	4
Politics/ diplomacy	6
Management	1
Culture/art	7
History/tradition	-
Life Style	1
Sports	1

3. The country most liked

Country Most Liked (in per cent)
Category	Japan	USA	France	Britain	Canada	Germany	Russia
Political	38	28	5	4	1	4	5
Academic	34	24	9	8	5	3	4
Professional	28	32	7	10	5	6	4
Trade/ Commerce	36	33	6	5	3	5	2
Media	36	19	9	5	3	3	5
Government Official	33	34	4	8	3	5	3

Which Country Liked Most ?
	North	East	West	South	All India
	Lucknow Delhi Jalllandhar- Chandigarh	Calcutta	Mumbai Pune Ahmedabad - Gandhinagar	Chennai Bangalore Hyderabad Combatore
Japan	31	26	42	27	33
USA	29	17	20	39	29
France	7	13	7	5	7
Britain	6	12	5	8	7
Canada	6	8	1	3	4
Germany	4	4	6	4	5
Russia	5	2	3	4	4
Italy	2	2	-	3	2
China	1	5	2	1	2

4. Which aspect of Japan, liked more?

Which Aspects of Japan People Like More ?
(in per cent)
	North	East	West	South	All India
Products	43	38	33	25	32
Industry	8	4	6	6	7.5
Science / Technology	15	14	55	17	31
Economic Cooperation	9	4	3	8	6
Political/ Diplomacy	9	3	2	7	5.5
Culture / Art	8	21	2	2	5
History / Tradition	4	-	1	3	2
Management	1	10	4	8	5
Sports	1	4	1		1
Others	1				1
Japanese Life Style	1	3	1	10	4.5

5. Perceptions about Japan

Perceptions About Japan
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Peaceful Country	31	27	27	31	22	26	27
Beautiful nature	26	28	24	31	27	27	27
Economic Development	13	16	14	14	17	16	15
Country with culture	16	11	12	8	20	15	13
High living standards	10	11	16	9	13	9	12
Democracy	2	3	3	2	-	2	2
Economically independent	2	2	1	4	-	4	2
Mysterious country	-	1	-	-	-	-	-

6. How are Japanese people perceived ?

How are Japanese People Perceived ?
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Diligent	54	41	41	45	47	36	43
Polite	24	27	34	26	33	32	30
Traditional	10	11	13	14	12	14	13
Efficient/ better	7	13	8	6	6	12	9
Group sense	3	3	1	1	1	3	2

7. Commonality with India ?

Commonality Between The Two Countries
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Cultural	31	58	50	53	55	48	51
Social	27	7	12	17	16	21	15
Economic	35	24	25	21	24	25	25
Democracy	-	1	-	-	4	-	-
Religious	2	2	5	2	1	-	2

8. State of relations between India and Japan

Relations Between India and Japan
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Friendly relations	47	43	44	38	39	48	43
Rather friendly	43	38	44	46	43	33	42
Rather not good	4	9	3	6	8	10	6
Disappointing	1	3	4	3	3	-	3
No idea	5	6	6	6	7	8	6

9. Future of Indo-Japan Relations

Indo-Japan Relations Will Improve
(per cent)
Yes	94
No	6

10. Is Japan trustworthy friend of India?

Is Japan Trustworthy Friend Of India
(per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Trustworthy	60	48	44	38	40	52	45
Rather Trustworthy	33	36	40	50	44	37	41
Rather untrustworthy	-	1	2	1	2	-	2
Not trustworthy	-	3	4	1	2	-	2
No idea	7	13	10	9	11	11	10

11. Perceptions about Japanese people liking India

Japanese People Like India - by Leadership Category
(in per cent)
	Political	Academic	Professional	Trade	Media	Govt.	All India
Yes	76	57	60	67	70	66	64
No	10	13	15	12	12	17	13
Don't know/ Can't say	14	30	25	21	23	17	23