世論 What Japan Thinks

Actually, this survey would be more accurately headlined “Nuclear power last year and 9 years hence” as it was conducted last September, well before everything went all pear-shaped in Fukushima. The official title for this survey from Central Research Service Inc was the environment and energy problems.

Demographics

At some point in September 2010, 3,000 people over the age of twenty selected at random from the Kansai prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama and Shiga and 1,500 people from Fukui prefecture (where all Kansai’s nuclear reactors are situated) were sent a survey by post. 1,082 people from Kansai (36%) and 569 (38%) from Fukui returned the completed survey. A breakdown by age and sex was not reported.

I’ve previously reported on a similar survey by the same company into nuclear power in Kansai, which may serve as a useful cross-reference.
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The popular image of Japan is often as a high-tech paradise, but the results of surveys like this one from goo Research into dedicated word processing devices (reported on by japan.internet.com) makes one scratch one’s head trying to work out why the results were what they were.

Demographics

Between the 19th and 21st of July 2011 1,095 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.

The Pomera is a nifty bit of mechanical engineering (I still have fond memories of my Psion 5!) but hopelessly overpriced, currently sitting at about 20,000 yen for a text-based monochrome screen with just 89 megabytes of memory. There is the argument that a dedicated word processor frees you from distractions, but on PCs, iPhones and Androids you can get hold of minimalist full-screen writing applications that give you a clean space to write. Now that I’m writing about this, I really should grab a copy for myself for drafting blog articles!
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japan.internet.com recently reported on the ninth regular survey by goo Research into consumer games machines.

Demographics

Over the 14th and 15th of July 2011 1,087 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.2% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 15.7% in their forties, and 28.2% aged fifty or older.

I’ve not really heard anything about the PlayStation Vita, but the Wii U looks interesting, although I probably won’t buy it myself.
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iShare recently performed a survey that might be of interest to my readers who are residents in Japan, looking at where Japanese buy their contact lenses.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 11th of July 2011 1,187 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was pre-screened to select people who had purchased contact lenses for themselves within the last year. 50.1% of the sample were female and respondents were aged between 16 and 60 years old, but no further demographic breakdown was given.

I used to wear contact lenses, but gave up after I lost one in Japan and didn’t really fancy going to all the bother of getting measured up for a replacement. I think I did previously replace my contact lenses in Japan, but the name of the shop escapes me completely!
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goo Ranking’s silliness was looking at when Japanese feel that they are adults now.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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.

When I was a student, the most popular image was developing a taste for gin and tonic. I’ve never acquired it myself to this day… Quite frankly, I barely identify with any of the answers!
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japan.internet.com reported on another new regular survey series from goo Research, this time being a look at the display of mobile advertisements.

Demographics

Between the 11th and 13th of July 2011 1,094 mobile phone-using (including smartphones) members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private mobile phone-based questionnaire. 59.3% of the sample were female, 3.2% in their teens, 27.0% in their twenties, 37.5% in their thirties, 23.6% in their forties, and 8.8% aged fifty or older.

I’ve seen advertisements on my mobile, but as the default iMode home page has an advertisement, I’m surprised that as many as 5.7% had not seen advertisements; perhaps as the ads are so well blended in that most of that 5.7% haven’t actually realised they are seeing them.
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With viruses – well, more often Trojans – spreading to smartphones, in particular to Android devices, this recent survey from goo Research looked at smartphone security, with japan.internet.com reporting in particular on anti-virus software installation.

Demographics

Between the 11th and 15th of July 2011 1,082 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.1% in their forties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.

Android security is a very interesting subject; given the security model, I think even for an experienced user a security solution is necessary. Anti-virus is the default choice for people coming from the PC world, but on the limited resources of a mobile phone there has to be a better way! Some of the more interesting solutions are those offered by Mocana, the secure firmware implementation called WishperCore, TOMOYO Linux, and Kirin and TraintDroid, to name but a few.
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iShare got away from earthquake-related topics and instead took a look at continuting studying correspondence courses. The study was conducted in conjunction with Tokyo Legal Mind and their correspondence course program iCara powered by LEC.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th in July 2011 1,723 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.5% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their twenties and 87.9% in their thirties. All of them were businesspersons in fulltime regular employment.

The timing of this is rather apt for me as I have just started doing an online correspondence course on internet marketing. The course starts off with a 30-day build-your-first-business course, with tasks every day; today I have to write a 500 word product summary and a 250 word About page, so spinning this report out over two days will give me a bit of breathing space!

The second half of the survey starts off with the subset of the sample who managed to continue correspondence courses all the way to the end.

As you can see by comparing the results of Q2SQ8 from the previous part and Q2SQ14 in this part, it was those who set a definite duration for their studying that tended to see things through to the end. This is what I am hoping is going to happen with my course too.

Note that attending lectures for correspondence courses includes watching on DVD or online, not just, or not at all attending in person.
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iShare got away from earthquake-related topics and instead took a look at continuting studying correspondence courses. The study was conducted in conjunction with Tokyo Legal Mind and their correspondence course program iCara powered by LEC.

Demographics

Over the 5th and 6th in July 2011 1,723 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 70.5% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their twenties and 87.9% in their thirties. All of them were businesspersons in fulltime regular employment.

The timing of this is rather apt for me as I have just started doing an online correspondence course on internet marketing. The course starts off with a 30-day build-your-first-business course, with tasks every day; today I have to write a 500 word product summary and a 250 word About page, so spinning this report out over two days will give me a bit of breathing space!

In Q2, doing a correspondence course while at school seems such an alien concept to me, but in Japan with cram schools being almost a necessity, more than likely most of the one in four who did correspondence courses as a child were studying for entrance exams.
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Another ranking survey from goo Ranking took a look at the workplace, in particular what are the characteristics of someone who is bad news in the office.

Demographics

Over the 6th and 7th of June 2011 1,148 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.6% of the sample were male, 12.1% in their teens, 16.9% in their twenties, 28.0% in their thirties, 25.4% in their forties, 9.7% in their fifties, and 7.9% 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.

For number one, someone in the adjacent team without fail has about one hour on the phone every Friday afternoon and wears a headset, which seems to encourage him to speak louder and upwards. I usually have to leave the office as it puts my stress levels through the roof!

I’m not sure what is the problem about the second 18 answer, however!
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