Comments on: Unfinished business from 2007 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:44:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-50326 Ken Y-N Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:15:43 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-50326 Candadia - the score is actually a percentage of votes, not a percentage of the total sample, so it's not necessarily that 100% of the sample want to save money. Yes, they do have the reputation of being good savers, but recently with the economy going down the tubes, people have been raiding their savings, I think. Candadia - the score is actually a percentage of votes, not a percentage of the total sample, so it’s not necessarily that 100% of the sample want to save money.

Yes, they do have the reputation of being good savers, but recently with the economy going down the tubes, people have been raiding their savings, I think.

]]> By: Candadai Tirumalai http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-50317 Candadai Tirumalai Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:59:49 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-50317 Americans--and I live in the United States--are not generally noted for saving, the largest category of saving in many cases being the equity in their house, on which the mortgage is still to be paid off. I was under the strong impression that the Japanese are generally good at saving. The fact that everyone (100%) answered as they did perhaps means that they did not save as much in 2007 as they would have liked. Americans–and I live in the United States–are not generally noted for saving, the largest category of saving in many cases being the equity in their house, on which the mortgage is still to be paid off. I was under the strong impression that the Japanese are generally good at saving. The fact that everyone (100%) answered as they did perhaps means that they did not save as much in 2007 as they would have liked.

]]> By: www.japansoc.com http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-49718 www.japansoc.com Mon, 31 Dec 2007 17:02:52 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2008/01/01/unfinished-business-from-2007/#comment-49718 <strong>Failed New Year's Resolutions from 2007...</strong> Ken has translated the results of a survey about goals people didn't achieve last year. Interestingly, the top 6 are identical to the previous year, and they are: save money, lose weight, clean the house, go on holiday, invest in stocks, and surprise,... Failed New Year’s Resolutions from 2007…

Ken has translated the results of a survey about goals people didn’t achieve last year. Interestingly, the top 6 are identical to the previous year, and they are: save money, lose weight, clean the house, go on holiday, invest in stocks, and surprise,…

]]>