The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between friendly images that Asian students have of Japan and the factors affecting them. The constructs studied were as follows: friendly images of the Japanese, friendly images of the Japanese Government, length of stay, Japanese language ability, feeling of discrimination, friendship with Japanese people and cognition of Japan's responsibility in World War II. One hundred and thirty-four (134) Asian students living in this country answered the questionnaire. The data obtained were analyzed using covariance structure analysis. The results showed that: (a) when a direct path of length of stay on experience of discrimination was added to the assumed model, the appropriateness of the FIT Index was high, and (b) Asian students' images of Japan and its people did not differ significantly in terms of length of stay, native country and sex.