The Asia-Pacific Values Survey 2010–2014: Cultural Manifold Analysis of National Character

Trust of Nations: Looking for More Universal Values for Interpersonal and International Relationships

“…In this study, I have presented people's sense of trust from our survey data under our research paradigm, called cultural manifold analysis (CULMAN) (Yoshino et al, 2015). As a whole, this study has shown some differences among countries, races, and generations regarding senses of interpersonal and institutional trust, as well as some universal social values such as the importance of family across all the peoples.…”

“…We have taken several steps forward toward a scientific foundation for crossnational comparison with our established methodologies called Cultural Linkage Analysis (CLA) and Cultural Manifold Analysis (CULMAN) (see Yoshino et al, 2015, of this issue) for the mutual understanding of peoples all over the world; prediction of the mass behavior of a certain nation in response to a particular event; prediction of the political determination of a particular nation in international relations; scientific understanding of the rise and fall of civilizations; and investigation of an ideal condition in Japan and the world for the development and maintenance of world peace.…”

Examining People’s Attitudes and Values Relating to International Relations in the Asia-Pacific Region

“…Exploring causal mechanisms utilizing survey data is, however, justifiable only when we adequately grasp people's attitude in the first place. As previous studies such as Hayashi (2001) and Yoshino (2015) have argued repeatedly, measuring people's attitudes is not an easy task, especially when it comes to comparative analysis among countries. This is because cross-national comparative analysis necessarily requires us to tackle such problems as the difference in language, sampling methods, and response tendencies among countries.…”

“…The purpose of the current paper is to examine discreetly people's attitudes and values related to international relations in the Asia-Pacific region, which few studies have examined, and to show the "psychological distances between nations or races as evidenced by certain response patterns" (Yoshino et al, 2015). With this purpose in mind, this paper analyzes the survey data of Asia-Pacific Values Survey (APVS: 2010(APVS: -2014, Pacific Rim Values Survey (PRVS: 2004(PRVS: -2009, and East Asia Values Survey (EAVS: 2002(EAVS: -2005.…”

“…In its analyses, the present paper employs the multidimensional data analysis of Hayashi's Quantification Method III with a view to dealing with the problems of translation and sampling methods (Hayashi, 2001;Yoshino et al, 2015). According to Yoshino and Hayashi (2002), if we compare the response patterns of several nations for many items by such methods as correspondence analysis or Hayashi's quantification method III, the influence of minor differences resulting from such factors as wording entailed in translation processes can be negligible.…”