Interesting that some countries Japan occupied in WWII have much higher opinions of it than others.
Curious because to westerners, these countries are practically identical.https://twitter.com/japoushter/status/1164901963714256898 …
Japanese and South Korean views of each other have not been particularly warm this decade. In 2015, for example, only 25% of South Koreans had a favorable view of 
and 21% of Japanese had a favorable view of 
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/09/02/how-asia-pacific-publics-see-each-other-and-their-national-leaders/#views-of-each-other … pic.twitter.com/hagL4LvUhI
and 21% of Japanese had a favorable view of https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/09/02/how-asia-pacific-publics-see-each-other-and-their-national-leaders/#views-of-each-other … pic.twitter.com/hagL4LvUhI-
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Military conflicts in the past, but also a academic conflict about genetic heritage. The Koreans think of themselves as the original people and the Japanese as some stupid, unfaithful yet lucky emmigrants. To the Japanese its the other way around.
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Maybe they hate each other *because* they are similar? Competition.
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