Over 40% of Chinese have positive impression of Japan: survey

Chinese people's view of Japan has improved, an annual survey showed Thursday, with the proportion holding a favorable impression topping 40 percent for the first time since such polling started in 2005.Chinese respondents who hold a "good" impression or "relatively good" impression of Japan rose 10.7 points from the previous year to 42.2 percent, according to a survey conducted jointly by the Japanese nonprofit think tank Genron NPO and the China International Publishing Group.The result comes as the two countries have been increasingly reaching out to each other after years of deteriorati…READ FULL ARTICLE