A recent poll shows young people in Japan see North Korea as the chief external threat to their country, even as Tokyo decision-makers frame China as Japan’s “biggest strategic challenge.”
Young Japanese aged 17 to 19 were significantly more likely to identify DPRK as the biggest threat to their country (67%) than Russia (55%) and China (49%), according to the survey by the nonprofit Nippon Foundation.
A recent poll shows young people in Japan see North Korea as the chief external threat to their country, even as Tokyo decision-makers frame China as Japan’s “biggest strategic challenge.”
Young Japanese aged 17 to 19 were significantly more likely to identify DPRK as the biggest threat to their country (67%) than Russia (55%) and China (49%), according to the survey by the nonprofit Nippon Foundation.
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