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. 

The poll also found that participants saw a possible military confrontation in the vicinity of Japan as the greatest threat their country faces, followed by a direct armed attack against Japan (47%) or