世論 What Japan Thinks

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The Cabinet Office Japan recently carried out a survey into society.

Demographics

Between the 20th of January and the 6th of February 2011 10,000 people aged 20 or older selected at random from residency registers from all over the country were approached for interview and 6,338 people agreed to a face-to-face interview. 53.8% of the sample were female, 7.9% in their twenties, 14.0% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 17.2% in their fifties, 23.4% in their sixties, 15.7% in their seventies, and 5.4% aged eighty or older.

Comparing the results of Q18 with the same question in a previous survey from 2008 (see Q15), one item going downhill fast is diplomacy – 22.7% in 2008 to 46.3% this year – which is most likely a result of the Senkaku Islands incident.
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The Cabinet Office Japan recently carried out a survey into society.

Demographics

Between the 20th of January and the 6th of February 2011 10,000 people aged 20 or older selected at random from residency registers from all over the country were approached for interview and 6,338 people agreed to a face-to-face interview. 53.8% of the sample were female, 7.9% in their twenties, 14.0% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 17.2% in their fifties, 23.4% in their sixties, 15.7% in their seventies, and 5.4% aged eighty or older.

I’d be in the “not really” category in the pie chart above. I of course greet everyone in our building when I meet them in the common spaces, and there’s a few other people, but it all gets back to my anti-social gitness, I suppose!
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The Cabinet Office Japan recently carried out a survey into society.

Demographics

Between the 20th of January and the 6th of February 2011 10,000 people aged 20 or older selected at random from residency registers from all over the country were approached for interview and 6,338 people agreed to a face-to-face interview. 53.8% of the sample were female, 7.9% in their twenties, 14.0% in their thirties, 16.6% in their forties, 17.2% in their fifties, 23.4% in their sixties, 15.7% in their seventies, and 5.4% aged eighty or older.

I’ve highlighted Q2 on love for Japan, which I think is a topic that I’d like to see explored more to find out exactly what aspects of patriotism people think is missing. Patriotism is of course a loaded word, and I get the feeling that it is not wanting more people to stand up for the national anthem that 81% have in mind, but just to get younger people who are disengaged from society back into the fold, so teaching love for the country gets everyone singing from the same sheet figuratively rather than literally. Or is it just that my cup is half-full? The first and third answers to Q9 (coming tomorrow) is part of what makes me take this stance.
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goo Research recently released the results of a survey into smoking and health, a survey that was conducted last December.

Demographics

Between the 10th and 13th of December 2010 2,152 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.3% of the sample were male, 19.6% in their twenties, 19.9% in their thirties, 20.0% in their forties, 20.0% in their fifties, and 20.4% aged sixty or older.

About the only good news to come from the recent disaster is that many tobacco growers and factories have been knocked out, so a good number of brands are no longer available, and others are on short supply; indeed today I noticed in a convenience store that although the signs requesting people limit themselves to purchasing two bottles of water had disappeared, there was now a sign for only one packet of cigarettes per person.
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This time it is iShare taking a look at scheduled power cuts, finding that not surprisingly, most people were glad to get back to regular power, but a lower than I might have thought majority were opposed to them restarting in the summer.

Demographics

Between the 8th and 11th of April 2011 922 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.7% of the sample were male, 2.3% in their twenties, 45.0% in their thirties, and 52/7% in their forties.

If this summer is as hot as last summer, and last summer’s power consumption patterns are repeated, the Tokyo area will be short about 1 gigawatt of power generation capability. However, there are a lot of moves afoot, such as vending machines cutting their refrigeration to consume about 30% less power, pachinko parlours shutting down their neon signs, and companies everywhere getting rid of unnecessary lighting, although from the images I’ve seen on TV it does seem a bit excessive, such as cinemas turning off the lighting on street-level posters (perhaps A2 in size?), making it look as if they are actually shut, all for a less than a kilowatt saved.
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April is the start of the new school year, thus is also the time for gift-giving to children starting at new schools, the subject of a survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com. They also looked at starting work, but the data was not reported in the article.

Demographics

Between the 30th of March and the 1st of April 2011 1,082 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.1% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.8% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 11.6% aged sixty or older.

I’m a bit surprised that a tablet computer didn’t figure higher within any of the lists – I’ve seen a lot of people rave over the educational uses of an iPad, and even I would consider giving it to any primary school age kids I might have in the future.

Note that the questions were only for people planning to give or who had already given gifts this season. 127 people fell into this category for primary school, 77 for middle school, and 90 for high school.
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Here is a far too short survey from iShare into first aid training.

Demographics

Between the 8th and 11th of April 2011 922 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.7% of the sample were male, 2.3% in their twenties, 45.0% in their thirties, and 52.7% in their forties.

I’ve learnt both AED usage and resuscitation; indeed, you cannot really learn how to use an AED without also adding in manual intervention, as the recommended method of use is to perform (let’s see if I can remember…) heart massage and artificial respiration while someone is off fetching the AED, and of course the AED itself may decide not to fire if the patient is not in need of defibrillating.

I’m surprised at how low the figures are here – although there wouldn’t have been much call for many of the skills at the recent earthquake, I would have hoped that it would have awakened the volunteer spirit in a few more people.
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DIMSDRIVE Research are the latest company to publish the results of their survey into The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.

Demographics

Between the 25th and 28th of March 2011 9,948 members of the DIMSDRIVE Research monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 56.4% of the sample were male, 0.6% in their teens, 6.5% in their twenties, 23.5% in their thirties, 33.7% in their forties, 21.4% in their fifties, and 14.3% aged sixty or older.

There are a number of questions related to power cuts; however, since the survey was conducted TEPCO has announced that they have got the power supply situation under control, and there will be no more scheduled power cuts, although we just have to wait and see what the summer will hold for us.

Although I’m far away from the affected area, getting hold of water was the biggest problem. Almost all the bottled water was sold out, barring the fizzy stuff like Perrier. I don’t eat pot noodles and only the very occasional boil-in-the-bag curry, but these also disappeared off the shelves in a flash. Currently the biggest problem is that many yoghurt factories have been knocked out, but fortunately our nearest supermarket has a brand from the local area, a really rich and creamy one that will be replacing our previous more expensive mass-produced brand.
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The latest survey reported on by iShare was a short look at actions to help towards revitalisation of Tohoku following last month’s earthquake.

Demographics

On the first of April 2011 853 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.8% of the sample were male, 5.5% in their twenties, 47.5% in their thirties, and 47.0% in their forties,

If you haven’t given cash, or want to give some more, here is my usual list of charities. I personally think volunteering is the best way to help in the future, and it’s what I’d like to do most myself.

US Red Cross
UK Red Cross
Canada Red Cross
Japan Red Cross
Medecins Sans Frontieres.
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Last month’s earthquake resulted in just about all the trains around Tokyo being cancelled, so in a recent survey from goo Research into the day the earthquake occurred, japan.internet.com’s report focused on how people got home.

Demographics

Between the 31st of March and the 2nd of April 2011 1,079 members of the goo Research monitor group who lived in either Tokyo or the surrounding prefectures of Kanagawa and Saitama completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.

In an earlier survey from iShare, I did express surprise that about 85% claimed they could walk home, but this survey does seem to back up that figure.

I know that one of my fellow bloggers got stuck in Disneyland after the earthquake, but he didn’t try walking home from there…
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