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To: tejek who wrote (466905)	3/27/2009 4:53:34 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1573876

Obama needs to do something about these racists, no one should be proud of their race, unless you black, of course. Over 80% of Japanese young people proud of their nationality: survey+ Mar 27 03:28 PM US/Eastern TOKYO, March 28 (AP) - (Kyodo)—More than 80 percent of Japanese aged 18-24 polled in 2007 to 2008 said they were proud of their nationality, according to a government survey on the attitude of young people in Japan and four other countries revealed Saturday. The results showed that 81.7 percent of the Japanese polled were proud of their nationality, up 9.1 percentage points from the previous survey conducted six years ago. The latest figure exceeded 80 percent for the first time since the question was asked in the 1977-78 survey, the Cabinet Office said. Around 1,000 young people aged between 18 and 24 in each of Britain, France, Japan, South Korea and the United States were interviewed in the survey. In countries other than Japan, 91.2 percent of the Americans surveyed said they were proud of their nationality, followed by 84.1 percent of Britons. Japan ranked third, followed by South Korea with 78.0 percent and France with 77.1 percent. When asked what features of their country they were most proud of, 59.4 percent of the Japanese cited "(Japan's) history and cultural legacy," while 44.7 percent said "culture and art" as one of the factors. Meanwhile, the proportion of respondents pointing to Japanese citizens' "international point of view" as a source of pride stood at 27.8 percent, the lowest among the five countries. While the survey highlighted a clear increase in the number of young people who feel proud of Japan's history, culture and art, some critics have said that Japanese citizens have become "inward-looking" partly due to the economic slump. Only 43.9 percent of the Japanese respondents, however, said they were "satisfied with the society surrounding them," compared with 67.6 percent of the Americans and 61.2 percent of the Britons.