'We talk': China in the eyes of Japanese Gen Z

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September 29, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of the normalization of #China-#Japan diplomatic relations. How does Japan's Gen Z view China-Japan relations? Generation Z (or #GenZ) refers to people born between the mid-1990s and the early 2010s. It is the first generation that has lived with internet access and portable digital technology their entire lives. CGTN hit the streets of Tokyo to ask young Japanese about their views of China from multiple perspectives, and their expectations for the future of the relationship. Click the video to find out more.

[ironmantis]

China, Japan, Korea and all of east asia as a whole needs to unite as one economic sphere. Its better for the world.

[irritatedanglosaxon]

"we share same Chinese ancestor"
The girl must be really smart and why fighting? " - don't let our corrupt regimes divide u and ur big bro, China heyJapanese !!!

[peterchan]

Wish China and Japan can be very good friends forever culture almost the same.
Even theirs look, same race but talk different languages. Chinese have many different languages can get along like brothers and sisters. 🇨🇳🇯🇵

[peterchen]

It was nice to see how the younger generation can exchange ideas and learn from each other from different countries. I have so many Japanese friends from school and later on my career. I learn so much from them.

[jaketan]

to all who doesn't know. there's a clan in japan who originated from ancient china. same as in Korea, many Korean royal clans have deep bond on ancient Chinese. the founder of goryeo originated from ancient china, the founder of joseon dynasty of Korea was also comes from the yi clans of ancient china.

[catonpillow]

Glad to see that the Japan youth have largely a positive view of Сhina.

[mikedepidep]

ancient japanese politics was greatly influenced during the ancient chinese Tang dynasty0

[davidwong]

They all said nice things about China, I’m surprised.

[isaacstone]

Make videos just put 2 males and 2 females of Chinese, Korean and Japanese together.
Let them quiet and look at each other in face for 5 minutes, don’t talk and ask then ask them what did they see in each other.
Did they feel they like each other as their forever partner or foes.
I am sure they will love each other without asking what ethnic they are.

And make same as whole people of world, they will do the same without thinking as their foes.

Foes came from politicians and economic.

[johnfeng]

Chinese and Japanese culture exchange began from Han Dynasty (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD). But may be earlier as Qin Shi Huang (Chinese: 秦始皇; 259–210 BC) sent Xu Fu with 3000 boys and 3000 girls to Japanese islands. After Xu Fu embarked on a second mission in 210 BC, he never returned.

[seanlee]

Their school history books must tell the truth. That's the best start in rebuilding friendship between these 2 Asian giants

[riduanapplebee]

Japanese Gen Z really great to think in positive and polite way.. But the elders ? 🤣🤣

[wolf-man-bear-pig-torque]

Thank TikTok and all those Chinese people living in Japan (not the tourists, but actually living there for work, school or have families)…. for increasing positive feelings among the Japanese next generations.

[alextjflorida]

No, I don't like Japan. I don't think they have a positive view of China given what their mainstream media have been doing.

[wits]

China, Japan and both Koreas should be more close, they share a lot of things in common.

[eigelgregossweisse]

As we have said, the leaders send men to die, and the Western hegemonic Imperialist desires fractured a relationship between the two. Oh how it is regrettable for Perry to have came to Japan... if only China advanced technologically faster than the West instead of having constant civil wars and secured Japan together as an ally, the whole world would be a better place. Perhaps even then, Imperial Japan would be also a different kind of regime.

[David_Lo_Pan]

Only if china fostered such positive views of Japan

[bluestar]

I hope President Xi Jinping and PM Fumio Kishida are watching this clip. The future relations between Japan and China are in the hands of the young people of both countries. I sure hope they can move forward, so to speak, for the sake of world peace.

[petergray]

1st Japan need to understand the past.
2nd Japan need to be sorry about the past.
3rd Then China can forgive and move on with Japan to the future.

It is the past that keep the 2 nations apart....

The above must be done before the 2 nations can cooperate healthily to the future.

[TheHollandHS]

To think the biggest cultural export of Chinese history would be tiktok