Despite all of the mobile carriers offering free calls to family, this recent survey conducted by Point On Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into mobile phone voice calls found that despite family being the favourite destination for calls, the frequency of calling was quite low.
Demographics
On the 16th of March 2010 800 heavy users of mobile phones completed a private mobile internet-based questionnaire. The sample was exactly 50:50 male and female, 25.0% in their teens, 25.0% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 25.0% in their forties.
I’m one of the ones with the free family calls who only makes a voice call about once a month or so, instead we use about three to six emails a day to communicate – email is also free, of course.
Yet another survey on illegal downloads, this time from iShare, pussy-foots around the direct question of whether people have downloaded or not, although there are some interesting answers in the survey, for some reason entitled “the morals of young people“, suggesting there were a number of other unreported questions asked.
Demographics
Between the 5th and 9th of March 2010 834 people from the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 64.1% of the sample were male, 11.4% in their teens, and 88.4% in their twenties. This is quite an unusual survey demographic for iShare.
To educate the public, there has been a site set up to educate the public on the recent change in the law. The site is called in Japanese やめよう！違法ダウンロード, yameyou! Ihou download, Stop! Illegal Download, and can be found at the rather quaint URL http://www.happy-musiccycle.jp/.
The change in the law this January has outlawed download – up to then it was only illegal to upload; downloading was fine, even through P2P software, as long as you set it to leech mode only. The site has a FAQ with the answer to a few questions, including one interesting one that says it is still legal to burn a CD and give it to your mother. I would guess that CD rental shops fall under this clause so you are still free to rent’n'rip. Read the rest of this entry »
Another popular topic for foreigners in Japan to whinge about is sneezing and the reluctance to cover coughs. So, this survey from iShare on that very topic perhaps gives us some concrete data on which to base our prejudices.
Demographics
Between the 3rd and 8th of March 2010 496 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.0% of the sample were male, 30.6% in their twenties, 33.9% in their thirties, and 35.5% in their forties.
The old codger sneeze in the title comes from Q3 and the phrase おじさんくさい, ojisan-kusai, a smell of old men. Recently, with hay fever and whatnot, I must admit to being rather loud and with a bit of excessive follow-through on my sneezes at home, although when out I almost always sneeze into my sleeve. Read the rest of this entry »
A recent survey from Marsh Inc, reported on by japan.internet.com, into online shopping found that Rakuten was the top online shop, used by over two-thirds of the online shoppers in this survey.
Demographics
Between the 3rd and 5th of March 2010 300 members of the Marsh monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.0% of the sample were female, 1.3% in their teens, 18.7% in their twenties, 20.0% in their thirties, 20.0% in their forties, 20.0% in their fifties, and 20.0% aged sixty or older.
I know I’ve previously slagged off Rakuten as a bunch of spammers and toolbar pushers, but they do actually have good shops there, and at least it’s just my wife who has to deal with the spam! Our latest purchase was a lucky bag of organic vegetables for 777 yen delivered straight to the door. That’s about half the price that it might have been at a supermarket. Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 22nd and 23rd of February 2010 1,123 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the sample were female, 9.6% in their teens, 22.2% in their twenties, 32.1% in their thirties, 24.9% in their forties, 7.5% in their fifties, and 3.8% 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.
As with a lot of these surveys, the tactics start out quite reasonable, but the further down the list the more pathetic some of the attempts get… Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 22nd and 23rd of February 2010 1,123 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the sample were female, 9.6% in their teens, 22.2% in their twenties, 32.1% in their thirties, 24.9% in their forties, 7.5% in their fifties, and 3.8% 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.
Hanami, cherry blossom viewing parties, are very popular events here, where groups get together and get drunk under the cherry blossoms. Thinking about it, I’ve never actually been to such a party, and I don’t really want to go either.
Between the 26th of February and 3rd of March 2010 1,072 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.2% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
I’m one of the people not using the advanced features of digital broadcasts, as She Who Must Be Obeyed won’t let me anywhere near the remote! She uses the EPG-based programming herself a lot, as our digital receiver is our Diga. Read the rest of this entry »
With the trial of UQ WiMAX, high-speed wireless offering a maximum speed of 40Mbps, having started in February and the paid-for service planned to launch in July, this survey from goo Research looked at data transmission, concentrating in this report on WiMAX.
Demographics
Between the 10th and 14th of March 2010 1,066 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.2% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.0% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.5% aged sixty or older.
The rather strange title of this survey comes from an advert for UQ WiMAX that features a YouTube kitty which… well, just watch:
Yes, that’s it in its entirity. I’d never heard of the advert, but after I first read the survey I happened to be in an electrical store with a WiMAX-equipped notebook computer looping the above advertisement. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a lot of interesting figures in this recent survey from iShare into what makes people cry.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 25th of February 2010 502 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 32.7% in their twenties, 31.9% in their thirties, and 35.5% in their forties.
I was suprised that it was television that makes men cry the most, and also that few people feel that a good sob relieves lots of stress.
I’m in the wrong business – I should instead by promoting fortune telling, as according to this recent survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com a not insignificant percentage of computer users have paid real money for a reading.
Demographics
Between the 4th and 6th of March 2010 1,075 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.5% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 17.6% in their twenties, 20.7% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 16.2% in their fifties, and 12.5% aged sixty or older.
I was very tempted to insert an advertisement for some kind of paid fortune telling service, but sadly my morals overrode my wallet, although I wouldn’t be surprised if Google overrides both of them and sticks some suitable astrology adverts along with this post… Read the rest of this entry »
Despite all of the mobile carriers offering free calls to family, this recent survey conducted by Point On Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into mobile phone voice calls found that despite family being the favourite destination for calls, the frequency of calling was quite low.
Yet another survey on illegal downloads, this time from iShare, pussy-foots around the direct question of whether people have downloaded or not, although there are some interesting answers in the survey, for some reason entitled “
Another popular topic for foreigners in Japan to whinge about is 
A recent survey from Marsh Inc, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
With the trial of UQ WiMAX, high-speed wireless offering a maximum speed of 40Mbps, having started in February and the paid-for service planned to launch in July, this survey from goo Research looked at 
There’s a lot of interesting figures in this recent survey from iShare into 
I’m in the wrong business – I should instead by promoting 
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