Roughly eight out of 10 Japanese feel unfriendly toward Russia, according to results of a government survey conducted after Tokyo's unsuccessful bid to settle a 70-year-old territorial row blocking the signing a peace treaty to end the war.

According to the results released Saturday of a Cabinet Office survey held from Oct. 27 to Nov. 6, a combined 76.9 percent of the respondents said they feel unfriendly or somewhat so toward Russia, down 2.4 points from a similar survey in January.

Asked to describe the status of Japan-Russia relations, 65.2 percent said "not good" or "really not good," down 5.8 points from the poll in January.