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!
Sitting around the house feeling miserable about the earthquake, tsunami and radiation leaks is not very productive, so I’ll try to get back into the swing of things with a survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into home appliances, their eighth in a regular series of such surveys.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 25th of February 2011 1,066 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.0% in their teens, 18.4% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
A recent survey from iShare looked at switch OTC medicines, the term used to refer to medicines that used to be only available on prescription, but have now switched to being available Over The Counter in pharmacies.
Demographics
Between the 24th and 28th of February 2011 641 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.9% of the sample were male, 28.4% in their twenties, 32.6% in their thirties, and 39.0% in their forties.
Recently, the first medicine to become a Switch OTC medicine is loxoprofen sodium, a non-steroid anit-inflammatory drug, now manufactured and sold by Daiichi Mitsui Health Care as Loxonin S. Today I saw for the first time an advert for it, a sticker on a train door; having this survey in mind I actually paid attention for once! According to the advert below, it is being promoted for headaches and period pains.
I have tried a few times listening to the radio in Japan, but I have never found it a rewarding experience. However, this recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into this topic found that just overhalf the population were listeners.
Demographics
Between the 23rd and 26th of February 2011 1,097 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.0% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
I’ve not tried internet radio; I left the UK just before it really took off, so never got into the habit of listening to it. Back at home I always woke up to serious breakfast news radio (I never really enjoyed music radio), but now nothing more than an alarm clock gets me up in the morning, and over breakfast the television is easier. Read the rest of this entry »
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 
Sitting around the house feeling miserable about the earthquake, tsunami and radiation leaks is not very productive, so I’ll try to get back into the swing of things with a survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
A recent survey from iShare looked at 
I have tried a few times listening to the 
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