A recent Cabinet Office Japan survey into public order, much to my surprise found that the populace no longer pinned the blame for Japan’s ills on foreigners, even when compared to the same survey three and six years ago.
Demographics
Between the 5th and 15th of July 2012 3,000 randomly-selected Japanese citizens were selected from resident rolls and approached for face-to-face interviews. 1,956 people agreed to take part, but a further demographic breakdown was not provided.
I’m not really sure why the figures for fear of foreigners have changes so dramatically for the better in the last six years, and I’m not sure how I would go about finding out the reason behind it. However, it does also seem clear that the new bogeyman is Reefer Madness, especially as round about the time of the survey there was no end of stories about a current social problem of legal highs, dubious cannabinoid derivatives sold as incence in a multitude of shops in Japan’s big cities. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently published the results of a survey by goo Research into smartphone apps, with the focus of the report being on the number and types of downloads.
Demographics
Between the 7th and 9th of August 2012 1,076 members of the goo Research online monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53,2% of the sample were male, 16.7% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 16.0% in their forties, 15.4% in their fifties, and 12.0% aged sixty or older.
The introduction to the survey mentions a notion I have too, that when there is a choice of a free and a paid version of the same app, it is better to pay just to avoid the in-app advertisements. For my part, I am still to play Angry Birds, and one of the reasons I won’t touch the Android version is that I have heard that the advertisements actually block the gameplay. It’s also worth mentioning that the carrier au by KDDI offers for a reasonable monthly fee all the apps you can download from their own store.
I’ve paid for exactly one app, Paper Camera, when it was on sale for 40 yen last year. All my five or six other downloaded apps are specially chosen not to have any in-game advertisements; if you’re a Sudoku fan, I can most heartily recommend Andoku for all your numerical fun, and QuickPic to replace the pretty useless stock Android gallery app. Read the rest of this entry »
According to a recent survey from Just Systems and reported on by japan.internet.com into social gaming, almost half the players had spent money on it, and 60% of them regretted their purchases!
Demographics
Between the 10th and 13th of August 2012 1,000 members of the Just Systems-affiliated FastAsk monitor group who played social games completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No further demographics were given.
My wife spends what is, I suppose, technically real money on social games. She is a member of a number of online survey sites, and rather than cashing out, she transfers saved points to social games, in particular Oshare Dorobo, (perhaps “The Elegant Thief”) a Dress-Up Barbie-type game where in order to complete some quests you need (or so she claims) to buy particular hairdos which are only available from a random vending machine that costs 300 yen per spin. It’s probably about 1,500 yen’s worth of points per month she gets through, and I wish she’d never told me about the month she won 5,000 yen’s worth of tokens… Read the rest of this entry »
A number of Japanese men were recently asked by goo Ranking to describe moments when they think they cannot trust women. If a similar question gets asked to Japanese women, I’ll be sure to report, of course.
Demographics
From the 6th to the 9th of July 2012 1,016 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.0% of the sample were female, 9.9% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 27.0% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 10.3% 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. This survey was for the men only.
I find this a difficult survey to understand, as the theme doesn’t seem too consistent, and some of the answers are more like jealousy issues than trust issues, I think. Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 27th and 31st of July 2012 exactly 1,000 mobile phone-using members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 1.0% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 25.4% in their thirties, 31.6% in their forties, and 29.3% aged fifty or older.
From the 6th to the 9th of July 2012 1,016 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.0% of the sample were female, 9.9% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 27.0% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 10.3% 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.
My younger generation of readers will be disappointed to see that the zombie apocalypse (warning, contains swearing!) does not feature anywhere, and my older ones will note that number 19 is the closest to the truth:
Between the 17th and 19th of July 2012 600 respondents between the ages of 20 and 59 were chosen by some means to complete a survey. The only further demographic information was that they all drove a car at least once per month.
I’lll be doing one of my three drives a year on Friday, when I go off to visit various graves for Obon. The car I rent from Toyota comes with a navigation system as standard, but the maps are often a year or so out of date, unfortunately. Indeed, one of the graves we’ll be visiting has had a new housing estate built nearby and opened about two years ago, but the maps are not yet updated and every time I almost miss the turn as there is no announcement! Read the rest of this entry »
With what seems like most television commercials in Japan featuring a search keyword, and a few more specifically pointing to a continuation of the advert story on their web site, goo Research decided to take a look at television commercials with web search prompts, with the results of the survey being reported on japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 23th and 25th of July 2012 1,100 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, 17.8% in their twenties, 21.5% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.6% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older.
What might have been a nice question to ask regarding these people who searched for a keyword but couldn’t find the page would have been what search engine they used, and if they used any sort of advertisement blocker.
I don’t think I’ve ever searched for a keyword from a television advertisement, so I’ll cheat by searching for the Japanese for “Continued on the web”, and present the first related video that I can embed in my post, so apologies in advance if the following is incredibly boring!
Over the 8th and 9th of June 2012 1,092 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.1% of the sample were female, 10.8% in their teens, 15.8% in their twenties, 28.9% in their thirties, 26.3% in their forties, 10.2% in their fifties, and 8.0% 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. This survey was for the women only.
Being a guy (although one of little experience!) I shall withhold comment on this survey! Read the rest of this entry »
From the 6th to the 9th of July 2012 1,016 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 60.0% of the sample were female, 9.9% in their teens, 12.7% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 27.0% in their forties, 11.0% in their fifties, and 10.3% 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.
When I lived in Scotland I enjoyed going home for Christmas, but I suppose I felt I wanted to return when I ran out of conversation topics! However, now living on the other side of the world, the chances for returning are few and the time always feels so short, so my answer to the question now would be “Never!” Read the rest of this entry »
A recent Cabinet Office Japan survey into public order, much to my surprise found that the populace no longer pinned the blame for Japan’s ills on foreigners, even when compared to the same survey three and six years ago.
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