European Community-Japanese Relations

The image of Europe in Japan. Topics: degree of familiarity of ASEAN,
EC and UN; characterization of the European Community as political,
economic union or business union; comparison of size of population of
the EC with the USA; comparison of standard of living of the EC
citizens with that of the Japanese; comparison of the Japanese trade
volume with the EC and the United States; knowledge about EC member
countries; knowledge about the project ´Europe 92´; expected effects of
this project on the relations between Japan and Western Europe;
welcoming a closer cooperation between the EC and Japan in the areas
culture, technical research, energy, political cooperation, environment
and trade; preferred media (television news, seminars, publications
etc.) about Europe; most important topics for increased information
about occurrences in the EC; most important sources of information
about the European Community; judgement on the United States, the
European Community and the ASEAN members as fair trading partners.