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Programs established to increase Japan's knowledge of Canada & Japanese views of Canadians vs Americans are explored, updating John Saywell's (1986) survey of Japanese university students' attitudes toward Canada. Data from 520 Japanese students & adults in the Tokyo & Tsukuba areas reveal scores of 79% on US knowledge & 34% on Canadian knowledge. They equated Canada with nature, the environment, & beauty, & with more safety than in the US. In a second study, 50 students at Tsukuba U described Americans with positive & negative attributes & Canadians with mostly positive adjectives. It is concluded that about 33% of the respondents did not differentiate between Americans & Canadians & held erroneous stereotypes about North Americans. 11 Figures. M. Pflum

Explores extent to which cultural, educational, and economic exchange programs initiated in the early 1970s helped increase Japan's knowledge of Canada, and whether Japanese people regard Canadians as different from Americans; based on a survey of 520 Japanese students and adults, 1993. Also available in French.