Chinese more upbeat on Sino-Japanese ties

More Chinese are optimistic about their country's relationship with Japan, according to the annual China-Japan joint opinion poll on bilateral ties released in Tokyo on Thursday.

Slightly more than 30 percent of the Chinese questioned said the current China-Japan relationship is "good". The Chinese also expressed more optimism about future ties.

The percentage of people in China who said relations will take a turn for the better increased from 28.8 percent in 2017 to 38.2 percent this year.