"Do you like Japan?" People in Asia answered

AUN CONSULTING, Inc. on November 6th revealed the results of survey measured people's degrees of Japanophile(how much they like Japan) in ten Asian nations. The survey was held on the internet collecting 1,000 valid responses(100 for each country) from people over 18.

LOVE - LIKE - DO NOT LIKE - HATE
From the top: Korean / Chinese / Taiwanese / Hong Konger / Thai / Malaysian / Singaporean / Indonesian / Vietnamese / Philipino

Which Japanese products or services do you like?
(average percentages of the 10 countries)

41-74% - Anime/Manga
25-71% - Food


意外? 中国では55%が日本を「大好き」「好き」と回答--アジア10カ国親日度　―マイナビニュース
http://news.mynavi.jp/news/2012/11/07/089/index.html

"From Japan with Love (And Dashi)": 3 min video tour of Japan

Daniel Klein, a film maker and a chef living in Minneapolis, Minnesota United States shot a beautiful video during his two weeks stay in Japan.

Narita Airport: jam of people returning home

Narita Airport

At Narita International Airport, approximately 50,000 people entered Japan in August 18th. The number of the airport users including entrances and departures will be 3.74 million during the summer season(Jul 13th - Sep 12th) increased by 9 percents from the corresponding period of last year.


成田空港、帰国ラッシュ　18日は５万人　―日本経済新聞
http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASDG1800Z_Y2A810C1CC0000/

Countries of the best local food - Hotels.com

Sushi

A Texas based online hotel reservation service, Hotels.com revealed the result of survey about global food conducted to more than 27,000 travelers in the world.


Countries of the Best Local Food(by the world travelers)

1 :Italy - 32%
2 :France - 24%
3 :Japan - 18%
4 :China - 13%
5 :Spain - 11%
6 :United States - 10%
7 :Mexico - 8%
8 :Thailand - 8%
9 :Taiwan - 5%
10:India - 5%

Sushi, tempura, ramen and soba were the world's favorite Japanese foods.


Countries of the Best Local Food(by Japanese travelers)

1 :Italy - 40%
2 :France - 31%
3 :Japan - 19%
4 :China - 15%
5 :Korea - 14%
6 :Taiwan - 10%
7 :Spain - 7%
8 :Germany - 7%
9 :Thailand - 6%
10:United States - 5%


Recommended Japanese Food(by Japanese)
*Choosing three Japanese food for recommendation

1 :Sushi - 74%
2 :Tempura - 57%
3 :Ramen - 33%
4 :Soba - 31%
5 :Okonomiyaki - 27%
6 :Shabu-shabu - 24%
7 :Curry - 14%
8 :Yakiniku - 9%
9 :Natto - 7%
10:Fugu - 6%


～日本食も世界のスタンダード料理の仲間入り！～ Hotels.com、全世界27,000人の旅行者を対象に 「旅先での食事」に関するアンケート調査を実施　―MSN産経ニュース
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/120731/prl12073118200092-n1.htm