CHICAGO, Sept. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Americans continue to view Japan as a powerful and trusted ally, according to the first Chicago Council Survey on American attitudes towards Japan and Asia since the tragic March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. The findings are summarized in the report American Views of Asia and the Future of the U.S.-Japan Alliance, authored by Michael J. Green for The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and are part of the Council's larger survey on American public opinion and U.S. foreign policy.
Green, senior vice president for Asia and Japan chair of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Georgetown University, explains that although many inside the Beltway see a rapidly rising and threatening China and a hopelessly drifting Japan, the American public does not necessarily view China's rising power as a threat. Americans support efforts to cement our relationship with Japan and the region through strengthening alliances and promoting trade.
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The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, founded in 1922, is a prominent, independent and nonpartisan organization committed to influencing the discourse on global issues through contributions to opinion and policy formation, leadership dialogue, and public learning. The Chicago Council has been conducting nationwide public opinion surveys on American views on foreign policy since 1974. These surveys provide insights into the current and long-term foreign policy attitudes of the American public on a wide range of global topics.
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