世論 What Japan Thinks

Juki Net is a national scheme that is basically a voluntary ID card used mostly to simplify access to local government services, so a new service introduced this month is machines at convenience stores that can issue official residence certificates, seal registration forms, etc, so this was the topic of a recent survey from iShare.

Demographics

Between the 22nd of December 2009 and 4th of January 2010 561 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 55.4% of the sample were male, 32.6% in their twenties, 32.3% in their thirties, and 35.1% in their forties.

Here’s a very interesting background article on what exactly Juki Net is and what concerns people have regarding it.

Research results

Q1: Starting with Tokyo in February 2010, Seven Eleven are rolling out nationwide machines that given a Juki Net card will print out residence certificates, etc between 6:30 am and 11:00 pm, seven days a week. Would it be useful to have such a service at a convenience store near you? (Sample size=561)

	All	Male N=311	Female N=250
Very useful	37.8%	39.2%	36.0%
Somewhat useful	43.1%	42.8%	43.6%
Not particularly useful	19.1%	18.0%	20.4%

Q2: If such a service was available at a convenience store near you, would you want to use it? (Sample size=561)

	All	Male N=311	Female N=250
Definitely	31.4%	36.7%	24.8%
Would try it once	45.8%	42.1%	50.4%
Don’t want to	22.8%	21.2%	24.8%

Q3: Do you have a Juki Net card? (Sample size=561)

	All	Male N=311	Female N=250
Yes	26.7%	31.5%	20.8%
No (to SQ)	73.3%	68.5%	79.2%

Q3SQ: If a public document issuing service became available at a convenience store near you, would you want to get a Juki Net card? (Sample size=411)

	All	Male N=213	Female N=198
Definitely	8.0%	9.4%	6.6%
If I had the opportunity	55.5%	57.7%	53.0%
Don’t want to	36.5%	32.9%	40.4%

Q4: Regarding a public document issuing service at convenience stores, do you feel uneasy about passing over personal information at a convenience store? (Sample size=561)

	All	Male N=311	Female N=250
Very uneasy	29.8%	25.1%	35.6%
Somewhat uneasy	36.5%	33.8%	40.0%
Not really uneasy	29.1%	34.1%	22.8%
Not uneasy at all	4.6%	7.1%	1.6%