More Chinese have a negative view of relations with Japan amid territorial disputes in the East and South China seas, an annual survey showed Friday.
The percentage of Chinese respondents who said the bilateral situation is "bad" or "relatively bad" rose to 78.2 percent from 67.2 percent last year, according to a poll conducted by the Japanese nonprofit organization Genron NPO and the China International Publishing Group.
The survey, covering 1,000 people in Japan and 1,587 in China ages 18 or older, found the percentage of Japanese who see the nations' relations negatively was unchanged at 71.9 percent.