世論 What Japan Thinks

Just in time for the New Year, japan.internet.com published the results of an opinion poll conducted by JR Tokai Express Research into peoples plans for sending 年賀状, nengajou, New Year postcards for the forthcoming Year of the Inoshishi (Wild Boar). 331 members of their monitor group successfully completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the group was male, 6.3% in their teens, 20.5% in their twenties, 39.9% in their thirties, 23.9% in their forties, 6.9% in their fifties, 1.2% in their sixties, and another 1.2% aged 70 or older.

We finally got our cards posted out this evening, a grand total of 90 for us to send. As for email, I think the most we’ll do is a short normal mobile phone email or two rather than any special service.

Have a great New Year when it comes, everyone!

Q1: What kinds of New Year greeting cards do you plan to send for 2007? (Sample size=331)

Standard postcard	69.8%
Internet postcard	16.3%
Both standard and internet card	10.6%
Neither	13.9%

Q2: For those planning to send normal mail postcards, how many do you plan to send? (Sample size=266)

1	0.4%
2-5	1.5%
6-10	6.8%
11-20	9.0%
21-30	14.7%
31-40	7.5%
41-50	8.6%
51-60	9.0%
61-70	5.6%
71-80	3.0%
81-90	1.9%
91-100	6.0%
101-200	20.3%
201-300	3.0%
301-400	1.1%
401-500	0.0%
501-1000	0.8%
1001 or more	0.0%
Don’t know	0.8%
Other	0.0%

Q3: For those planning to send internet postcards, how many do you plan to send? (Sample size=89)

1	1.1%
2-5	29.2%
6-10	32.6%
11-20	9.0%
21-30	10.1%
31-40	3.4%
41-50	4.5%
51-60	2.2%
61-70	0.0%
71-80	0.0%
81-90	0.0%
91-100	0.0%
101-200	1.1%
201-300	0.0%
301-400	1.1%
401-500	0.0%
501-1000	0.0%
1001 or more	0.0%
Don’t know	5.6%
Other	0.0%