Surveys indicate majority of Chinese, Japanese label nations' ties as 'poor'

Seventy percent of people in China and Japan consider the countries' bilateral relations important, according separate surveys conducted in the two countries.

More than 57 percent of Chinese support the two countries' cooperation in Asian affairs while 56.1 percent of Japanese said the countries' joint efforts are necessary for Asia's peace and development.

However, people in both countries did not think highly of what the relationship is now.