All Countries That LOVE and HATE Japan 🇯🇵 Who Hates Japan in 2026? All 196 Countries React!

All Countries That LOVE and HATE Japan 🇯🇵 Who Hates Japan in 2026? All 196 Countries React! Who loves Japan and who hates Japan in 2026? We went around the whole world on an animated map, country by country: all 196 countries react to Japan, LOVE or HATE. Japan allies, Japan rivals, and every country in between, one by one, until Japan's own neighbours in East Asia at the end. 💔 COUNTRIES THAT HATE JAPAN (17) The 4 rivals with a real dispute with Japan: 🇨🇳 China: 40 Japanese firms blacklisted in 2026. Senkaku claim; 88% of Chinese dislike Japan (Genron 2024). 🇰🇵 North Korea: Missile over Japan on 4 October 2022. Abducted Japanese citizens; Japan does not recognize it. 🇷🇺 Russia: Japan on Russia's unfriendly list. Holds the Kurils claimed by Japan; peace talks frozen 2022. 🇰🇷 South Korea: Holds islets that Japan claims. Korean garrison on Dokdo since 1954; Seoul rejects the ICJ. And 13 countries on the other side, allied with Russia or China, or under pressure from Japan: 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: Taliban rule not recognized by Japan. 🇧🇾 Belarus: Japanese sanctions since 2022. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: Military junta aligned with Russia. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic: Russia-backed government. 🇨🇺 Cuba: One-party state aligned with Moscow. 🇪🇷 Eritrea: Votes with Russia at the UN. 🇮🇷 Iran: Trade limits over nuclear program. 🇲🇱 Mali: Military junta aligned with Russia. 🇲🇲 Myanmar: Japan halted new aid after 2021 coup. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua: Close partner of Moscow and Beijing. 🇳🇪 Niger: Junta turned away from the West. 🇸🇾 Syria: Japan closed its embassy in 2012. 🇻🇪 Venezuela: Backed by Moscow and Beijing. 💚 COUNTRIES THAT LOVE JAPAN (179) Everyone else loves Japan in this video. The map slows down on Japan's closest partners: 🇦🇺 Australia: First RAA partner. 🇧🇷 Brazil: Biggest Nikkei home. 🇮🇳 India: Bullet train. 🇮🇹 Italy: Fighter jet partner. 🇵🇭 Philippines: Troop access deal. 🇹🇼 Taiwan: Tsunami donor. 🇹🇷 Turkey: 1985 Tehran rescue. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: Defence pact. 🇺🇸 USA: Treaty ally. 🇻🇳 Vietnam: Top aid donor. CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro & North America 00:57 South America 01:27 Europe 03:11 Middle East 03:56 Africa 06:01 South & Central Asia 06:33 Southeast Asia 06:58 Oceania 07:29 East Asia 07:55 Final results 🗺 HOW WE DECIDED WHO HATES JAPAN HATE = the 4 countries with a direct dispute with Japan (islands Japan claims, sanctions or a blacklist against Japanese firms, missiles over Japan) plus the countries in the opposite camp: close allies of Russia or China, or countries Japan itself sanctions or does not recognize. LOVE = every other country. It shows relations between governments, not the feelings of any people. Sources: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Russia's order 430-r, AP, Genron NPO, East Asia Institute, Al Jazeera, Reuters. Status as of October 2026. This is a Japan world map and a world map animation with cartoon countries: Japan friends and enemies, countries that love and hate Japan, Japan relations 2026 on one love hate map. Why does China hate Japan? China vs Japan, the Senkaku islands and the war history are all in the East Asia chapter. Does your country love Japan or hate Japan? Tell us in the comments, and subscribe to Pop Maps for a new country every week. Enemies and allies of Japan, the Japan friends and enemies list, love or hate: countries and their enemies, the relationship between countries on an animated world map. A country comparison and a geopolitics video about international relations. 🎵 Music: "A Menor Dembow", original track made for Pop Maps with Suno (AI). #japan #maps #geography