This survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at social gift services, a term that is new to me but appears to be related to sending an SNS, social game, etc contact a present through an in-SNS or in-game service, be it either a virtual or a physical item, with the service protecting privacy at both ends in the case of a physical item being delivered.
Demographics
Between the 31st of October and the 2nd of November 2012 1,104 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.4% of the sample were male, 16.2% in their teens, 17.6% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, 16.3% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older.
Over the 5th and 6th of October 2012 1,064 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.2% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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.
In university one of the guys I flat-shared with was an only child, and he probably matched just about every answer here! Read the rest of this entry »
Over the 5th and 6th of October 2012 1,064 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.2% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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.
No, I don’t have a clue about drinking wine in a bath robe!
Here’s two wine buffs in the buff who exploded onto the scene a few years ago, then, as these one trick ponies tend to do, imploded a few months later, and were reduced to scenes like this…
59 men with thinning hair and 58 men without thinning hair were selected by some means for a professional examination of their scalp and hair condition, and also to answer some questions regarding hair care.
Despite my headline, it would be rash, of course, to simply conclude that since people with thinning hair spend longer on average per day on a computer, it is the computer use that is making them that way. It could just as easily be more stress from a longer work day, worse eating habits due to a long work day, snacking in front of the computer, missing out on sleep, or a hundred and one other possible causes that one could come up with.
Furthermore, I didn’t know that massaging conditioner all the way in was bad! I’ll have to fix that from tonight Read the rest of this entry »
goo Ranking also recently looked at the moments when people wish they were single again, for both women and men.
Demographics
Over the 5th and 6th of October 2012 1,064 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.2% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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 me, it’s not getting time to myself, or more precisely, realising that I’ve spent most of the weekend or the evening watching nonsense on the telly just to keep my wife company on the sofa. Second, it’s not having the freedom to spend money on even just cheap PC upgrades, or to get a tablet computer, etc. Read the rest of this entry »
The Japanese have a reputation for not meeting eyes during normal conversation, but what happens when they catch the eye of someone of the opposite sex who they fancy? This was the subject of a ranking survey by goo Ranking, for both men meeting women’s eyes.
Demographics
Over the 25th and 26th of November 2012 1,074 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.4% of the sample were female, 11.6% in their teens, 14.7% in their twenties, 26.9% in their thirties, 25.0% in their forties, 11.1% in their fifties, and 10.7% 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.
goo Research recently conducted a survey into recipe sites and recipe apps, and this report on japan.internet.com found a majority used such facilities.
Demographics
Between the 23rd and 26th of October 2012 1,079 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.4% in their teens, 17.9% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
Just to throw in a word for my employer, Panasonic make a microwave oven with an NFC chip that allows programming it from a smartphone by selecting recipes available on Cookpad. When talking to friends overseas about this, they seemed to think it was a bit over the top as the typical model of usage in the west is for reheating, I think, but given that many homes in Japan do not have ovens, the microwave plays a bigger role over here. Furthermore, the top-end Panasonic microwave fitted with RFID allows different foods to be simultaneously cooked in the front or back and top or bottom of the oven, so getting your smartphone to do it is a distinct advantage. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently reported on goo Research’s sixth regular survey into mobile devices, which shows for the first time a reversal in smartphone growth.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 25th of October 2012 1,077 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.0% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 17.9% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.3% in their forties, and 27.9% aged fifty or older.
I heard from my wife that (sorry for the inaccuracy, but it’s the best I can do!) that a TV show recently said that according to a survey, about 40% of women (in their thirties or all ages, she wasn’t quite clear) who had smartphones either kept their feature phones, wanted to get an extra feature phone, or wanted to ditch their smartphones. This survey is perhaps the first indication of this trend that What Japan Thinks has picked up. I’ll be keen to see how the next survey looks, especially that although docomo’s summer 2012 line-up did not include any feature phones, their winter 2012-2013 line-up includes four bog-standard last-gen iMode clamshells from four different Japanese manufacturers. Read the rest of this entry »
From the 5th to the 7th of September 2012 1,006 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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.
I notice that the women had 30 features yet the men only manage 15, although I don’t know if there’s any significance in that. Fortunately, I’m only guilty of number 14. Read the rest of this entry »
From the 5th to the 7th of September 2012 1,006 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% 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.
I did get jealous of my friends back home when they got married before me, but in Japan I find very little to be jealous about, or I have enough good things of my own that I don’t feel it necessary to be eaten by petty jealousy. Read the rest of this entry »
This survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at social gift services, a term that is new to me but appears to be related to sending an SNS, social game, etc contact a present through an in-SNS or in-game service, be it either a virtual or a physical item, with the service protecting privacy at both ends in the case of a physical item being delivered.
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