世論 What Japan Thinks

DIMSDRIVE Research recently reported on a survey conducted last year into beauty equipment.

Demographics

Between the 2nd and 16th of September 2010 (not 2011) 6,436 members of the DIMSDRIVE monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.5% of the sample were female, 0.3% in their teens, 11.2% in their twenties, 32.7% in their thirties, 36.0% in their forties, 17.9% in their fifties, and 1.9% aged sixty or older.

My wife fancies a steamer, in particular this device, as the word on the street is very positive, it seems. The roller type mentioned in the survey have been in vogue the last couple of years, being platinum and/or germanium-coated rollers that you roll over your face and miracles happen! This smells completely and utterly of snake-oil to me; I could accept an argument that the rolling in itself had some benefit, but the metals are just flat-out quackery.

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I saw two surveys recently that perhaps didn’t get as much press as they should have, so this is my attempt to redress the balance. The two subjects were comparing the expectations of Koreans and Japanese for the 2006 FIFA World Cup™, and the perception of body image and beauty amongst asian women (found via 3Yen).
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