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From kimono to keitai; explore Japanese views through the medium of translated opinion polls and surveys.
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Majority seen pay cuts this year
Let’s end the year on a low point, by looking at a recent survey from iShare into how 2009 was financially. Demographics Between the 18th and 24th of December 2009 505 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private in...
What was in vogue in 2009, and will be in vogue in 2010
Yahoo! Value Insight recently published the results of their look into your 2009 and 2010. Demographics Between the 2nd and 4th of December 2009 1,000 members of the Yahoo! Value Insight monitor panel. The sample was exactly 50:50 male and female, 17...
A gender-equal society in Japan: part 2 of 2
The new government in Japan seems to have been conducting an awful lot of surveys recently, with the latest one from the Cabinet Office Japan being on a gender-equal society. This survey was last conducted five years ago and translated three years ag...
A gender-equal society in Japan: part 1 of 2
The new government in Japan seems to have been conducting an awful lot of surveys recently, with the latest one from the Cabinet Office Japan being on a gender-equal society. This survey was last conducted five years ago and translated three years ag...
2009 top news stories in Japan
It’s getting towards the end of the year, so let’s have a look back at the top news and items from 2009 in this survey from Marcomill Inc. Demographics Over the 4th and 5th of December 2009 1,000 members of the Macromill monitor group com...
Social lending trends in Japan
This is the first I’ve heard of such a thing as social lending, cash loans between individuals, but I consider myself educated after reading this survey on the matter conducted by iBridge Research Plus and reported on by japan.internet.com. Dem...
2010 New Year nengajo greetings plans
It’s getting to that time of year when we need to getting our New Year greetings prepared; this recent survey from Macromill Inc on this topic looked at not just the traditional postcards, but also electronic greetings. Demographics Between the...
Physical strength and sports in Japan: part 2 of 2
[part 1][part 2] The Cabinet Office Japan recently published the results of their survey into physical strength and sports amongst the Japanese population. Demographics Between the 24th of September and the 4th of October 2009 3,000 adults randomly s...
Physical strength and sports in Japan: part 1 of 2
The Cabinet Office Japan recently published the results of their survey into physical strength and sports amongst the Japanese population. Demographics Between the 24th of September and the 4th of October 2009 3,000 adults randomly selected from popu...
2009 Year-end Jumbo Lottery survey: part 2 of 2
With tickets having gone on sale last week, with the usual flock of idiots punters buying tickets by the metre, let’s have a look with Macromill Inc at the 2009 Year-end Jumbo Lottery. Demographics Over the 10th and 11th of November 2009 1,000 ...
2009 Year-end Jumbo Lottery survey: part 1 of 2
With tickets having gone on sale last week, with the usual flock of idiots punters buying tickets by the metre, let’s have a look with Macromill Inc at the 2009 Year-end Jumbo Lottery. Demographics Over the 10th and 11th of November 2009 1,000 ...
Nuclear power generation worries in Japan
Having looked in October at nuclear power in the Kinki region, today the topic is also nuclear power, but with a sample from all over the country, in a survey conducted by the Cabinet Office Japan. Demographics Between the 15th and 25th of October 20...
New flu vaccination not high priority in Japan
With swine flu doing the rounds of many countries including Japan, here’s an indepth look by MyVoice at swine flu. Demographics Over the first five days of November 13,813 members of the MyVoice internet community completed a private online que...
Elementary school kids and the internet
goo Research recently reported into elementary school children’s internet use, the seventh time they have reported on this. I’m sure I translated an earlier survey, but I can’t find it now! Demographics Between the 17th and 29th of ...
Cancer scares three in four Japanese: part two of two
[part 1][part 2] Here’s an interesting and detailed survey from Cabinet Office Japan into cancer. I translated a similar survey from the Cabinet Office a couple of years ago. Demographics Between the 27th of August and the 6th of September 3,00...
Cancer scares three in four Japanese: part one of two
[part 1][part 2] Here’s an interesting and detailed survey from Cabinet Office Japan into cancer. I translated a similar survey from the Cabinet Office a couple of years ago. Demographics Between the 27th of August and the 6th of September 3,00...
Politics, manga, universities and doujinshi
One of the last great acts of the ex-Prime Minister Taro Aso was to propose a palace to celebrate his favourite hobby, manga. The new government cancelled the plans, but Meiji University has proposed its own library of manga, anime and doujinshi, bas...
Majority favour separate surnames for Japanese couples
This subject is one that seems to polarises opinions in Japanese media, with those opposed arguing along the lines of having the law in place to allow separate names will mean everyone will use it, leading to a collapse of the whole of Japanese socie...
Friendships from high school figure highly in Japan
Here’s an interesting look at socialising and friends from MyVoice. Demographics Over the first five days of October 2009 13,534 members of the MyVoice internet community completed a private online questionnaire. 54% of the sample were female, ...
Nuke plants needed but significant safety worries abound
One thing that I have always considered a bit of a dichotomy in Japan has been the overwhelming anti-nuclear weapon stance of the general public (hmm, I don’t actually have a survey on that, so I hope I’m correct!) versus the seemingly qu...
School responses to swine flu
Recently goo Research conducted a survey into private junior and senior high school information systems for influenza outbreaks, quite a relevant survey with currently around 25% of all schools reporting class or whole school closures due to new-type...
How to spot a herbivore boy and a carnivore boy
One popular ranking survey from lat year was how to spot an otaku and otakette, so I wonder if this recent survey from goo Ranking into what image people have of a herbivore boy (both men and women) and a carnivore boy (both men and women). Demograph...
Booze and fags and Japanese kids
Rather than just another survey on consumer interests, here’s something a bit different, a look at recent trends in smoking and drinking rates amongst Japanese schoolchildren. The multiple surveys were conducted and analysed by Central Research...
Japanese schoolkids and mobile phones
Recently there has been a lot of moral panic (some justified, some unjustified) about schoolkids and their mobile phone usage in Japan, with a number of schools introducing various bans on usage. To find out what kids are up to these days, MacroMill ...
Today is Moe Day!
Japan has a million and one Days every year, with today, the 10th of October being marked as Moe Day, Look After Your Eyes Day, Fishing Day, Tuna Day, Tin Can Day, Public Bath Day, and no doubt many, many more. To investigate the awareness of these a...
Consumption in Japan
Even though consumer prices have dropped 2.4% over the last year, consumer spending is flat here, so this recent survey from MyVoice into consumption attitudes in Japan is very timely. Also, today I read an interesting article on Observing Japan abou...
Getting around in Japan: part 2 of 2
The government of Japan may have changed, but the Cabinet Office Japan surveys are carrying on - it’ll be interesting to see if I can detect a change in tone in the questions. This survey was entitled a built environment for pedestrians, but al...
Getting around in Japan: part 1 of 2
The government of Japan may have changed, but the Cabinet Office Japan surveys are carrying on - it’ll be interesting to see if I can detect a change in tone in the questions. This survey was entitled a built environment for pedestrians, but a...
Penmanship confidence lacking in most Japanese
I want someday learn how to write Japanese well, as do most Japanese themselves, according to the results of this recent survey from iShare into handwriting. Demographics Between the 27th of August and the 1st of September 2009 545 members of the CLU...
Horse racing in Japan
Although when I lived in Ayr I used to go to their racecourse, I’ve felt absolutely zero interesting in racecourses in Japan, the subject of a recent survey from iShare. Demographics Between the 21st and 26th of August 2009 545 members of the C...
