世論 What Japan Thinks

No, that headline is not grammatically wrong, it’s just that in Japanese, the term for bringing one’s own thermos, mug to work (and also the name of this survey by Do House) is My Bottle or My Cup.

Demographics

At some recent point in time 641 members of the Do House monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.9% of the sample were male, 40.6% were in their twenties or thirties, and 59.4% were in their forties or fifties. All lived in the vicinities of Tokyo, and all were in employment, including part time and casual work.

I have both my own My Bottle and my own My Cup; I fill the thermos with tea from a tea bag, and slowly top up my My Cup from my My Bottle as time goes by. It feels like about a quarter of the people in myoffice bring their My Bottle, but I’ve never asked them what is inside, but for some reason I imagine it must be miso soup, although that doesn’t feature as a distinct option in Q3.

For some reason people drinking out of their thermos irritates me – the unscrewing and clinking as they put the cap back on is not in itself a noise that gets on my nerves, but much like fan usage it just grates for some no particular reason.
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This short survey from the curiously-named Seed Planning looked at robot vacuum cleaners.

Demographics

At some point between February and July this year 400 purchasers of robot vacuum cleaners were selected and completed a survey. No further information was presented.

One reason that this survey is short is that it basically a teaser for a recently-released full market report into the robot cleaner business, but at 157,500 yen per copy, forgive me if I give it a miss this time around.

I perhaps want a robot cleaner, but I don’t think it would suit our house; both the sofa and main bed are just too close to the floor to squeeze a robot in.
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No, not a naturalised American woman, but a Yankii, to be polite, a juvenile delinquent, or to be more pointed, a chavette. goo Ranking indulged in a bit of stereotyping by asking people what behaviour from a woman would make you think she might be an ex-Yankii.

Demographics

Between the 31st of May and 3rd of June 2013 1,069 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were female, 24.8% in their teens, 24.9% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 25.4% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Have a Merry Yankii Christmas!

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A service which is seeing rapid introduction in Japan is car sharing services, the subject of this survey by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com.

Demographics

Between the 5th and 9th of July 2013 1,100 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.1% of the sample were male, 13/7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 21.2% in their thirties, 17.7% in their forties, 14.8% in their fifties, and 17.3% aged sixty or older.

I’d love one of the two parking areas near my house run by Times Parking to start offering their car-sharing service; a friend of mine who recently had one open near her said she was looking forward to being able to buy beer by the case instead of by the six-pack…
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goo Ranking’s survey for today is a look at what images people hold of common primary (elementary) school love.

Demographics

Between the 31st of May and 3rd of June 2013 1,069 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were female, 24.8% in their teens, 24.9% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 25.4% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

This is the sort of topic that I feel uncomfortable with. I don’t remember much from my primary school days, but girls never really featured as anything significant until perhaps the last year, yet watching the television in Japan they ask even kindergarten children about who they fancy in their class. Maybe I just came from a strange part of Scotland, or maybe I was as blissfully ignorant as I am today. Both these have a high probability of being true…
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As an ex-rider, this is a topic close to my heart, motorbikes, a survey from Mitsui Direct Insurance, who no doubt have a wonderful bike insurance policy they would love to sell you!

Demographics

Between the 31st of May and the 3rd of June 2013 300 bike riders of both sexes and aged between 20 and 59 years old completed an online survey hosted by Neo Marketing’s iResearch, of which all the riders were presumably members. 150 people in the sample had just the minimum compulsory insurance, and 150 had comprehensive policies. A further demographic breakdown is not presented.

I say ex-biker as when I came to Japan I did bring my helmet and other kit, but I soon discovered parking was rare, trains were common, summer was too hot, and winter too dark, so there would only be about a 2 month window in Spring and Autumn where I could actually ride. Furthermore, being now married, biking is forbidden by she who must be obeyed!

By the way, the correct answer to Q7, heat measures, “Ride faster!”, of course.
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japan.internet.com recently reported on a survey by goo Research into Twitter, with the focus in their short report being on multiple account holders.

Demographics

Between the 28th of June and the 2nd of July 2013 1,065 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.1% of the sample were male, 13.7% in their teens, 15.4% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 17.1% in their forties, 15.0% in their fifties, and 17.2% aged sixty or older.

I have three sort-of active accounts, all three tied to different blogs for autoposting only; @WhatJapanThinks is the one to follow for this blog.
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Mobile Marketing Data Laboratory recently continued their look at feature phone users, a follow-up to an earlier report on the first half of that survey that I translated here.

Demographics

Between the 21st and 24th of June 2013 992 members of the MMD monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. All of them currently used a feature phone, and 331 were with docomo, 330 with au, and 331 with SoftBank as their mobile carrier. Their ages were between 15 and 69.

Note that this survey is a continuation of the previously-mentioned survey, and starts with the 204 people who answered in Q1 that they had plans to buy a smartphone sometime in the future.
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This is the first survey I have picked up from Ponta Research, a look at summer holiday travel plans for this year.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 11th of June 2013 2,523 members of the Ponta Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.4% of the sample were female, 18.7% were in their twenties, 19.1% in their thirties, 19.7% in their forties, 21.1% in their fifties, and 21.3% in their sixties. Furthermore, all lived in either Tokyo and the surrounding six prefectures, or Osaka and the surrounding four prefectures.

Ponta is a point card offered by the convenience store chain Lawson and supported by many other major companies.

If you’re planning to climb Mount Fuji this summer, be prepared for double if not triple the traffic in this photo, since it got awarded World Heritage status this year:

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goo Ranking recently published an interesting look at what sorts of people cannot get married, for both men looking at women and women looking at men. Note that the implication here is mostly regarding people who are actively dating, not those who aren’t interested in marriage.

Demographics

Between the 31st of May and 3rd of June 2013 1,069 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.1% of the sample were female, 24.8% in their teens, 24.9% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 25.4% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s a bit of an odd couple:

I’m not sure if it has anything to do with the survey, but I needed a photo to brighten up the page!
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