Japan’s Favorability With American People is in Top Tier

Japan joins English-speaking countries of Canada, Australia and Great Britain as among the most highly favored by Americans.  Germany is also in the top five.

Americans have greater passion for their English cousins than any other country.  Israel (29% “very favorable”; 71% total favorable) joins Germany and Japan with more than one-quarter of the public rating them “very favorable.”  Japan’s favorability increased from 2011 to 2012, possibly due to sympathy and admiration for the people in the earthquake and tsunami disaster.

See Gallup:  Americans give record-high ratings to several U.S. allies