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In a poll of 34 countries commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, Canada came in first and Japan second among countries seen as best suited to play a leading role in the world. At the same time, the survey also revealed strikingly low trust in both the United States and China. On 5ch, reactions were mixed: some asked just what field Japan could actually lead in, others pointed to its cultural clout through anime, and still others were skeptical given Japan’s economic stagnation — opinions split sharply over how to read the ranking.
Support for a leading global role: Japan ranks 2nd behind Canada, as trust in the US and China clearly declines
In a poll conducted across 34 countries, Canada received the strongest support as the country best suited to play a leading role in the world, with Japan coming in second.
Meanwhile, the survey also exposed low levels of trust in the United States and China.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
What exactly can it point to?
What field could it possibly lead in?
Apparently when foreigners visit Japan, they realize how brutal life back home really is 🤣
Don't go mixing up the fantasy Japan that lives in otaku daydreams with the real one.
They say the more educated someone is, the more anime they watch — so the world's elites probably do have a rosy fantasy of Japan.
Some clueless Chinese commentator: "There's no way Japan can lead the TPP without the US and China — either pull the plug before you embarrass yourselves, or let China in."
https://www.recordchina.co.jp/b184395-s0-c10-d0135.html
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CPTPP sees a growing line of countries wanting to join, becoming a "pillar" of free trade
https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2026080900162&g=eco
Maybe it's just a geography problem?
Though it's less that AI goes off and does something on its own, more that humans are the ones turning AI into a god.
And Japan is the one that AI seems to love.
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/article/2604/30/1260430025/
Why do some AI models fixate on "Japanese culture"? European research team reveals how outputs from models like "4o-mini" skew toward Japan
Before we even get to winning or losing, does anyone actually know what this ranking is measuring?
If it's about who's footing the bill, Japan would be dead last.
That's not what I meant… I'm just asking what the survey actually asked people.
Isn't that more of an Australia thing?
Yeah, that's exactly the image that comes to mind lol
More than can be said for "Hop-hop" over there.
Pretty sure the rest of the world doesn't see it that way.
The reason given this time: as US-China tensions escalate and the threat from Russia deepens, global expectations have surged for countries that avoid extreme clashes with either bloc and value a rules-based international order and peace — i.e., stable middle-power democracies.
That has to be nonsense. Have they not seen how Japan's currently picking fights with China while sucking up to America nonstop?
Smartphones? Japan's phone industry basically died ages ago. And all those LCD TV factories, plasma TV factories they built — where did that end up going?
Meanwhile Japan's food self-sufficiency rate has dropped drastically this whole time.
There's no way it's in any kind of leadership position — whoever came up with this must be out of their mind.
Same deal as "Japanese anime is a worldwide sensation!!!" being hyped everywhere, while somehow Japanese anime studios keep going bankrupt in the red, and animators can't afford to live or are working themselves to death and even committing suicide.
Why's the reality this grim when it's supposedly so popular worldwide lol
Canada's a globalist's lapdog — mainly the UK's.
Put another way, even Canada's gone anti-America, so why is Japan still playing America's lapdog?
But get this — the guy running the show holds triple citizenship as a globalist lol, hilarious
Background and Key Points of This Topic
This poll, commissioned by the Rockefeller Foundation, appears to measure not GDP or military strength but international goodwill and trust — essentially whether a country is seen as fit to take on a global leadership role. Since that’s a different yardstick from economic or military rankings, it isn’t necessarily contradictory for countries like Canada and Japan to place near the top. Still, in the 5ch reaction thread this distinction wasn’t always made clear, and the first question raised was what concrete field Japan could actually lead in. From there, opinions split between those citing Japan’s cultural reach — through anime and the tendency of some AI models to skew toward Japanese culture in their outputs — as reasons for the ranking, and those skeptical of it given Japan’s declining food self-sufficiency and stagnant domestic industry. The debate ultimately came down to disagreement over just what standard the ranking was based on.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Breaking News+) thread “Support for a global leadership role: Canada ranks #1, Japan #2 — trust in the US and China declines, per Rockefeller Foundation-commissioned poll.”
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