Despite a law being passed to forbid the use of mobiles while driving cars or riding bicycles, even the casual observer will see that the law is not being adhered to. To try to quantify how much, Point On Research conducted a survey reported on by japan.internet.com into mobile phone use while on the move.
Demographics
On the 16th of June 2009 800 members of the Point On monitor group who were heavy users of mobile phones completed a private 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.
From my casual observations as a pedestrian, I am not terribly surprised at these numbers, although I am surprised by the amount of people admitting that they are doing it.
One could argue in Q1SQ2 that perhaps many of the phone talkers are using hands-free equipment, I suppose, but sadly it doesn’t distinguish between the two options. Read the rest of this entry »
This recent survey from iShare looking at school and work uniforms produced a lot of interesting results regarding attitudes to uniforms. I will presume that the survey is interested in people’s own uniforms, not in seeing members of the opposite sex in them!
Demographics
Between the 13th and 18th of May 2009 605 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54.5% of the sample were male, 37.5% in their twenties, 29.6% in their thirties, and 32.9% in their forties.
We have a non-compulsory uniform at work that consists of itchy plastic trousers, nasty shirts, and a jacket-type thing. Most people wear just the jacket, however. The female reception staff, on the other hand, have a compulsory uniform. Read the rest of this entry »
This survey from MyVoice into corporate sports looked at the issue of companies funding their own teams that, on the whole, compete in corporate leagues filled with lots of other company-funded teams.
Demographics
Over the first five days of May 2009 14,884 members of the MyVoice internet community successfully completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 54% of the sample were female, 2% in their teens, 14% in their twenties, 34% in their thirties, 31% in their forties, and 19% aged fifty or older.
There’s a lot of corporate teams in Japan where the sportspeople are employed full-time by the company to be representatives, although the current harsh economic times has seen the death of the amuzingly-named Seibu Prince Rabbits.
My employer also has such teams, with basketball being the main sport that I can think of. Read the rest of this entry »
Most university graduates start work in Japan on or around the first of April, so this survey from Macromill Inc interviewed the fresh faces who had been at their companies for just over a month to learn about then new members of society’s opinions.
Demographics
On the 12th and 13th of May 2009 516 members of the Macromill monitor group who were born in 1986 or 1987 and had found a job completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was exactly 50:50 male and female.
Wow, there’s a lot of very good information in this survey, and I could easily spend the next day or two drawing conclusions! Note in Q3SQ2 the points of dissatisfaction for women, suggesting that even after just a month in the job, gender discrimination is already obvious to them. On the other hand, in Q5 one in eight women plan to quit when they get married, and then another quarter after they have a baby.
In Q7, I hate drinking sessions at work and would probably choose all the reasons listed, except that it’s talking shop all the time that irritates me, not not talking shop as asked! Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 18th and 22nd of February 2009 1,076 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 51.1% of the sample were male, 7.2% in their teens, 15.8% in their twenties, 29.4% in their thirties, 25.2% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 11.3% 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.
I find it hard to be envious of kids today, as although they may be rich in material things, city life and paranoid parents deprives them of the simpler pleasures that I had when I was young. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, the Cabinet Office Japan performed a survey looking at the topic of general legal support, and the operations of the Hou (Legal) Terrace legal assistance system in particular.
Demographics
3,000 members of the general public aged 20 or older were randomly selected from all over the country, and between the 22nd of January and 1st of February 2009 attempts were made to interview them face to face. 1,684, or 56.1%, were available and agreed to take part in the survey. 52.3% of the sample were female, 9.6% in their twenties, 14.6% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 19.3% in their fifties, 23.9% in their sixties, 13.2% in their seventies, and 3.2% aged eighty or older.
I don’t know if I really like the sound of the legal education described below, as it seems a bit of a mish-mash of contract law and civics; the Constitution is not a set of laws, and one’s responsibilities as a citizen are similarly not usually legal edicts. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, the Cabinet Office Japan performed a survey looking at the topic of general legal support, and the operations of the Hou (Legal) Terrace legal assistance system in particular.
Demographics
3,000 members of the general public aged 20 or older were randomly selected from all over the country, and between the 22nd of January and 1st of February 2009 attempts were made to interview them face to face. 1,684, or 56.1%, were available and agreed to take part in the survey. 52.3% of the sample were female, 9.6% in their twenties, 14.6% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 19.3% in their fifties, 23.9% in their sixties, 13.2% in their seventies, and 3.2% aged eighty or older.
I’ve not had any legal troubles in Japan myself, but my parents-in-law have had certain trouble that I really don’t want to go into, but it basically involved bankrupcy, pensions and semi-dodgy lenders, or more likely the public face of the fully-dodgy lenders. Read the rest of this entry »
A recent topic that has cropped up here and there under the heading of “eco” in Japan (“eco” these days is just no more than a catch-all for money-saving in general) has been taking your left-over food home from restaurants, a subject looked at recently by iShare.
Demographics
Between the 24th and 27th of March 2009 339 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.5% of the sample were male, 39.2% in their twenties, 28.9% in their thirties, and 31.9% in their forties.
I’ve never taken home a doggy bag in Japan, as I’ve always finished the food put in front of me, unless it was too digusting to eat. Conversely, I dislike the way it gets forced upon you in the USA, especially as when I’m staying in a hotel there’s no way to reheat it even if I wanted to finish it off the next day. I wonder what is the proper etiquette for this?
Here’s two recent stories on doggy bags in Japan, one from the Japan Times (see the last few paragraphs) and one from Tokyofoodcast, looking at a doggy bag campaign in Meguro, Tokyo. Read the rest of this entry »
As I am currently suffering from a really badly-running nose, to such an extent that I’m in danger of dropping nose-water, to directly translate the Japanese term, on my keyboard, this recent survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com into hayfever is most timely for me.
Demographics
Between the 26th and 31st of March 2009 1,062 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.5% of the sample were male, 17.0% in their teens, 17.6% in their twenties, 21.1% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.4% aged sixty or older.
In Q1SQ1 and Q1SQ2 there is the implication, I believe, that the medicines taken are over-the-counter drugs (and quackery), with prescribed cures falling under the “attending hospital” answer.
This recent survey from MyVoice into environmental issues, their second time of conducting it, with the first time being here, found that positive action was quite low.
Demographics
Over the first five days of March 2009 15,563 members of the MyVoice internet community completed a private online questionnaire. 54% of the sample were female, 2% in their teens, 14% in their twenties, 36% in their thirties, 29% in their forties, and 19% aged fifty or older.
MOTTAINAI is the Japanese word that approximately translates to “what a waste”.
Here is a public service advertisement about refusing a plastic bag that gets broadcast quite often even at prime time:
I find it quite depressing that such a small step is reckoned to be so difficult for people to understand or carry out that it bears repeating so often even at prime time, when there are a hundred and one other just as simple and more effective steps that they could be talking about, and there are another hundred and one more important messages that a public service advertisement could address.
Oh, and don’t get me started on the people who once saw a program somewhere that showed how at that point in time separated rubbish all got burnt together, therefore they don’t need to bother doing it themselves. Read the rest of this entry »
Despite a law being passed to forbid the use of mobiles while driving cars or riding bicycles, even the casual observer will see that the law is not being adhered to. To try to quantify how much, Point On Research conducted a survey reported on by japan.internet.com into mobile phone use while on the move.
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