I remember a promise of a single Osaifu Keitai electronic wallet on one’s mobile phone replacing a physical walletful of point cards, and judging from this survey by iShare into usage of point services it is a desperately-needed service.
Demographics
Between th 1st and 3rd of March 2011 1,108 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.2% of the sample were male, 18.6% in their twenties, 35.8% in their thirties, and 45.6% in their forties. All those questioned were pre-screened to select only those who had points saved up.
Having said that a unified electronic card service would be desirable from the consumer point of view, of course the corporate view is that the more people losing track of them the better. There are some moves towards unification, with T-Point and Ponta Point both setting up a network of companies, but what’s resulted is basically two parallel systems, with competitors in each industry choosing one side or another. Furthermore, it is only large chains that can afford to join, so small shops still stick with stamp cards or other isolated systems.
As for internet-based points, I have a good few but they’ve all got just a few hundred points each but with nothing available to change them for, so I have let more than a few expire. I also have about a quarter of a million air miles I should use one day before they expire too… Read the rest of this entry »
The 68th mobile research with goo, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at mobile video.
Demographics
Between the 8th and 11th of March 2011 1,020 members of the goo Research mobile monitor group completed a mobile phone-based questionnaire. 60.9% of the sample were female, 4.1% in their teens, 29.6% in their twenties, 37.0% in their thirties, 21.6% in their forties, and 7.7% aged fifty or older.
I’ve never watched video on my mobile; I have the feature to download from either PC or my Diga video recorder, but I don’t actually have a set of headphones for use with the phone! Read the rest of this entry »
Disasters are perhaps the most common spur towards reviewing one’s own preparedness, as this recent survey from iShare into preparedness found out.
Demographics
Over the 23rd and 24th of March 2011 1,773 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 72.6% of the sample were male, 5.2% in their twenties, 47.6% in their thirties, and 47.2% in their forties. The demographics seem a bit skewed, but the report does not say why, although given the questions perhaps it was for married with children respondents only?
As before, here is a list of various Red Crosses that you can donate to:
If you’re in Japan, may I recommend investigating donating your time or skills, not just money – I’m still investigating myself, so if anyone has any practical suggestions… Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 18th and 19th of February 2011 1,097 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 67.6% of the sample were female, 6.8% in their teens, 21.0% in their twenties, 32.1% in their thirties, 24.0% in their forties, 9.0% in their fifties, and 7.1% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
Not being an otaku (basically a geek or nerd) myself (honest!) I cannot really comment on this, but I can quite imagine that comic and animation freaks would get quite hot under the collar when they see people breaking the otaku code. Having said “otaku code”, I decided to search YouTube for the phrase, and this is what turned up:
With most of the usual survey publishers out of action or on reduced output thanks to the earthquake and related events, I’m having to translate some surveys I would usually just skip over, so my apologies in advance if you don’t find this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into computer use of mobile phone users too interesting. This is the 25th time they have conducted this survey, and although I have used the direct translation of the title, it should really be called “computer use of goo Research computer-based monitors who also signed up as mobile phone monitors and are answering a survey delivered to their mobile phones”. If you understand that, you might even understand the story title too!
Demographics
Between the 25th and 27th of February 2011 1,081 mobile phone-owning members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.1% of the sample were female, 6.8% in their teens, 36.0% in their twenties, 34.4% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, and 6.5% aged fifty or older.
You’ll also note that the demographics are quite different from the usual computer-based goo Research; almost two-thirds female here versus a slight male majority for computer-based. Read the rest of this entry »
This time it is goo Research taking a look at an interesting facet of Japanese life, in this report by japan.internet.com into cabling and wiring.
Demographics
Between the 4th and 9th of March 2011 1,088 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.9% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.2% in their thirties, 15.7% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
I haven’t a clue why over half the sample have modems; perhaps people are counting their ADSL adapters as both routers and modems? Only 45.0% having a PC monitor is a bit confusing, as another survey this month indicated that 58.5% had desktop computers – do the remaining 13.5% either have an all-in-one computer or are they feeding the output through their television? Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 13th and 14th of January 2011 1,084 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.7% of the sample were female, 10.1% in their teens, 16.4% in their twenties, 29.8% in their thirties, 23.6% in their forties, 9.8% in their fifties, and 10.2% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
What would impress me most would be people putting their phones away.
I haven’t a clue what number 20 is supposed to mean, and I would guess that the people answering didn’t know either. Thinking of answer number 1, I really should convert my own diagnostic sites, brainscanner and My Buddhist Name, into apps! Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 16th and 17th of March 2011 (the Wednesday and Thursday after the earthquake on Friday the 11th) 148,222 members of the Macromill monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No demographic breakdown was presented, however. 3,140 respondents were affected by the earthquake.
It’s interesting that 31.1% of those unaffected said that they wanted to or had given blood; at work this week we had our regular visit from the blood donation van, yet when it was announced on the PA there was no mention of encouraging people to give this time round to help out, which did seem odd. Being from a mad cow country, however, I cannot donate here in Japan.
This coming financial year I think I reach my once every ten years one month holiday; I am seriously thinking about volunteering to help out up north. I think I’ll also suggest to those further up the chain that this year’s work experience, where a few people select/get selected to work in a retail establishment to experience the front line, also offer the opportunity for people to volunteer to help the recovery of the affected areas. Read the rest of this entry »
I promise tomorrow I will have an earthquake-related survey, but for today you’ll just have to make do with goo Research looking at faxes, as reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 4th and 8th of March 2011 1,010 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 17.8% in their teens, 17.7% in their twenties, 19.7% in their thirties, 13.8% in their forties, 16.9% in their fifties, and 13.1% aged sixty or older.
I also think faxes will survive; the transmission method might change from standard telephone to an internet-based protocol, but I don’t think the ability to be able to move a bit of paper from one location to another is going to go away, certainly not in the domestic sphere. Read the rest of this entry »
I never thought I’d write such a headline, but the news is that Japan’s most popular jailbait vocal group is donating half a billion yen (over 6 million dollars or just under 4 million pounds) towards earthquake relief:
Donate some cash yourself or I’ll post another video of them!
I remember a promise of a single Osaifu Keitai electronic wallet on one’s mobile phone replacing a physical walletful of point cards, and judging from this survey by iShare into usage of point services it is a desperately-needed service.
The 68th mobile research with goo, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at 
Disasters are perhaps the most common spur towards reviewing one’s own preparedness, as this recent survey from iShare into 
With most of the usual survey publishers out of action or on reduced output thanks to the earthquake and related events, I’m having to translate some surveys I would usually just skip over, so my apologies in advance if you don’t find this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
This time it is goo Research taking a look at an interesting facet of Japanese life, in this report by japan.internet.com into 
This week Macromill Research conducted an urgent survey into 
I promise tomorrow I will have an earthquake-related survey, but for today you’ll just have to make do with goo Research looking at 
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