{"id":13597,"date":"2015-04-09T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/how-americans-and-japanese-see-each-other\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:20:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:20:05","slug":"how-americans-and-japanese-see-each-other","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2015\/04\/09\/how-americans-and-japanese-see-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"How Americans and Japanese see each other"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Public views of other nationalities are often rooted in stereotypes. These perceived characteristics may or may not be fair or accurate. But they capture a public perception that may help explain national attitudes on a range of other topics.<\/p>\n\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2015\/04\/07\/americans-japanese-mutual-respect-70-years-after-the-end-of-wwii\/#how-the-american-and-japanese-people-see-each-other\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/US-Japan-Report-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"297\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2015\/04\/07\/americans-japanese-mutual-respect-70-years-after-the-end-of-wwii\/#how-the-american-and-japanese-people-see-each-other\">As part of our recent survey<\/a> of the relationship of Japanese and Americans, we asked the publics in both countries if they associated particular words with people in the other country.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To Americans, the Japanese are generally viewed in a positive light: Words like \u201chardworking,\u201d \u201cinventive\u201d and \u201chonest\u201d are what American use to describe them. In fact, more than nine-in-ten Americans say they associate \u201chardworking\u201d with the Japanese.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most Americans do not ascribe various negative stereotypes to the Japanese. Only 36% see the Japanese as \u201cintolerant,\u201d 31% see them as \u201caggressive\u201d and just 19% associate them with the term \u201cselfish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese offer a more mixed assessment of Americans, however. They see Americans as \u201cinventive\u201d but also \u201caggressive.\u201d And relatively few think of Americans as hardworking and honest.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two-thirds of Japanese see Americans as \u201cinventive,\u201d with younger Japanese (76%), those ages 18 to 29, more likely to say this than their elders (53%), ages 65 and older. But only 37% of Japanese associate honesty with Americans, and only a quarter voice the view that Americans are hardworking. 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