Shoppers jam the streets in Tokyo's Ginza district. China topped a list of countries with which the Japanese public most want to improve relations, according to a poll.[AFP] China topped a list of countries with which the Japanese public most want to improve relations, according to a poll. The United States was second, followed by South Korea, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said. China has replaced the US as Japan's top trade partner, as Beijing has emerged as a global economic powerhouse. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who came to power in September, has worked to improve bilateral ties by visiting China and South Korea shortly after he took office. The Sino-Japan ties were significantly damaged under former prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, who repeatedly visited a war shrine in Tokyo, angering Beijing and Seoul, which refused to hold bilateral summits with him. After South Korea, Europe was followed by India, according to the poll. Russia and the United Kingdom were named as the sixth and seventh nations with which the Japanese believe Tokyo should put most effort into improving relations. The telephone survey was conducted from Friday through Sunday and received 872 valid responses .  點擊查看更多雙語新聞 (AFP)

一項民意調查顯示，日本民眾最希望政府能改善與中國的關系。 據《日本經濟新聞》報道，美國和韓國分別位居第二位和第三位。 隨著中國世界經濟大國地位的確立，中國已取代美國成為日本的最大貿易伙伴。 為了改善雙邊關系，日本首相安倍晉三今年9月上任后不久就對中國和韓國進行了國事訪問。 中日關系在前首相小泉純一郎在任時期遭到了嚴重破壞，中韓兩國對小泉頻頻參拜靖國神社強烈不滿，并拒絕與日本舉行雙邊峰會。 調查顯示，位居韓國之后的是歐洲和印度。 俄羅斯和英國分別排在第六位和第七位。 這項電話民意調查從上周五持續至上周日，共收到了872個有效回復。 （英語點津姍姍編輯）