32.5% of Japanese polls regard China as the biggest threat, and more than 80% believe that Trump has a negative influence

(Central News Agency, Tokyo, comprehensive foreign news report on the 11th) A poll released by the Japanese Public Interest Incorporated Foundation "Journal of Journalism and Communications Research" on the 10th found that the proportion of people who believe that China is the "biggest threat to world peace" is the highest, reaching 32.5%; the United States is second at 26.8%, and more than 80% of the respondents believe that Trump has a negative impact on the international community.

Jiji News Agency and Kyodo News Agency reported that the number of respondents who believe that the United States is the biggest threat increased by 9.3 percentage points compared with last year, and has increased year by year since 2024, when it was 6.6%.

The survey listed a total of eight countries, including Russia and North Korea, as options. China increased by 8.2 percentage points from last year, rising from second to first; Russia, which originally ranked first, fell to third place, with 18.3%. North Korea, which has been ranked fourth for the second consecutive year, has 9.1%, and Iran, which has continued military confrontation with the United States, has 1.9%.

Regarding the topic "Taiwan has something going on," a total of 76.7% of the respondents said they had a "very sense of crisis" or "somewhat a sense of crisis."

In terms of their evaluation of U.S. President Donald Trump, the total number of respondents who believe that he has had a "negative impact on the world" (including "somewhat negative impact") reached 82.5%, an increase of 3.1 percentage points from last year; the total number of respondents who believe that he has had a positive impact was 13.2%.

The person in charge of the survey explained that due to the "uncertainty of Trump's actions" and other factors, the public has gradually deepened their understanding that "the United States is a threat to the world."