韓国の対日好感度が過去最高　訪問客増や政権交代影響か―世論調査

　公益財団法人「新聞通信調査会」は１８日、世界６カ国で昨年１１～１２月に実施した世論調査結果を公表した。日本に対し「好感が持てる」と答えた人の割合は、韓国で前回調査（２０２１年１１～１２月実施）比８．７ポイント増の３９．９％となり、１５年の調査開始以降で最高だった。
　韓国での対日好感度上昇について、調査担当者は「訪日客の増加や（韓国で）政権が代わって日韓関係に修復の兆しが出てきたこと」などを理由に挙げた。
　調査は韓国のほか米国、英国、フランス、中国、タイの各国で、それぞれ約１０００人を対象に電話、面接、オンラインで実施した。対日好感度はタイが９４．７％と最も高く、米国が８４．３％、英国が７９．３％、フランスが７６．８％。中国は２５．５％で、昨年から０．８ポイント低下した。（2023/02/19-05:04）

A survey by a Japanese institution has found that the proportion of people in South Korea who have a good impression of Japan hit 39.9 pct, the highest level since the poll started in 2015.
   The figure, shown in the survey conducted in November-December 2022 by the Japan Press Research Institute, was up 8.7 percentage points from the previous survey a year before.
   On the outcome, an official in charge of the survey said, "Japan-South Korea relations are showing signs of improvement thanks to an increase in South Korean visitors to Japan and the change of government in South Korea."
   The survey, conducted over the telephone or the internet or through interviews, covered around 1,000 people each in South Korea, the United States, Britain, France, China and Thailand.
   The proportion of people who have a favorable opinion of Japan was highest in Thailand, at 94.7 pct, followed by the United States, at 84.3 pct, Britain, at 79.3 pct, and France, at 76.8 pct. The share in China dropped 0.8 point to 25.5 pct.