世論 What Japan Thinks

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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Even though a month has passed, we still welcome all your donations in Japan! Here’s a list of a few places where you can give:

US Red Cross
UK Red Cross
Canada Red Cross
Japan Red Cross
Medecins Sans Frontieres.

On to the survey, which was performed by iShare, looking at digital donations.

Demographics

On the 1st 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.

I must admit to not having made a points donation myself, although my wife gave lots as she fills in surveys for points. As for digital contents, I’ve not seen any myself, but then again I’ve not gone looking. Any suggestions from my readership will be most welcome!
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A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into internet donations found a higher than I expected figure of people who have donated to charity over the internet.

Demographics

Between the 8th and 13th of October 2010 1,051 members of the goo Research online monitor group copleted a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.5% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.4% in their forties, 15.5% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.

I’ve never donated anything over the internet, either in Japan or overseas.
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A big story over the summer was the change in the Organ Donation Law to allow family members to offer up their brain-dead relatives for harvesting even without prior agreement from the donor. To see how Japanese felt about this change, iShare took a look at expressing opinions on organ donation.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 12th of October 2010 431 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.6% of the sample were male, 32.9% in their twenties, 29.5% in their thirties, and 37.6% in their forties.

The news has been welcome in my household too as it’s given us an opportunity to talk about our wishes; all my bits are up for grabs, although my wife draws the line at her heart.

When the positive respondents to Q1 were asked why they had filled out their views, top reasons were that they wanted to be useful to someone after death and that they didn’t want their family members to waver over a decision. For those who hadn’t filled out a card yet, those that wanted to do expressed similar reasons to those above. Conversely, those against filling out a card wanted to leave the decision to the surviving family, or they weren’t yet sure what they wanted to do. However, others felt there was still the possibility of recovery from brain death, and if they filled out the card they could get criticised for it.
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