Process of Forming Images on Japan and related factors in Asian Countries after Great East Japan Earthquake

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520569
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Japanese language education
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: KAGAMI TOMIYO お茶の水女子大学, 基幹研究院, 教授 (40303755)
• Research Collaborator: MORIYA Tomomi ; OKAMURA Ikuko ; IWAI Asano ; PARK Esther ; KOU Biran ; OKAMURA Kayo ; KOMATSU Midori ; TAKANA Utako ; MUN Kiruyon ; NISHIZAWA Manami
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 日本イメージ / 国民意識 / 年代別分析 / 韓国 / 台湾

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Korean and Taiwanese image of Japan are affected by their history of Japan rule age, and by Japanese popular culture in a positive way　(Kagami, 2013). The purpose of this study is to investigate what national identity Korean and Taiwanese have, how they relate to the image of Japan and how they differ in different age groups. Results from a web questionnaire survey showed that Korean subjects who had interest in 'international problems' in the age group of from teens through 40s tended to have images of ' belligerence' against Japan and ones in their 30s who had interest in 'national superiority' also tended to have the same images of 'belligerence'. The results also showed for Taiwanese subjects tended to have the images of 'openness' the most in their 20s and the least in their 40s. By contrast, the subjects tended to have the images of 'belligerence' the least in their 20 and it became higher with age.

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