Come examination time, many Japanese students seem keen to follow superstitions to bring them a pass; finding out the most popular was the subject of a recent survey from goo Ranking.
Demographics
Over the 20th and 21st of December 2010 1,128 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 65.4% of the sample were female, 11.9% in their teens, 17.2% in their twenties, 30.2% in their thirties, 23.2% in their forties, 10.0% in their fifties, and 7.4% 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.
Come exam time and the shops are filled with sweets with good luck-related themes. Kit-Kats are a perennial favourite as their name sounds like “Definite Win”; corn snacks called Carl become U-Carl, as it sounds like “to pass an exam”; Mr Donut this year had five-sided (sounds like “to pass an exam”) doughnuts with rather corny puns, and so on.
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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. Note that for this question only the women answered.
It’s my favourite sort of survey as there’s always scope for answers to stray into downright weird territory, with this being no exception, although it could have got even more creepy, I suppose. Number 3 is quite a sad answer, as many Japanese women in the entertainment industry at least set themselves targets of getting married by a specific age. Number 30 initially seems very low, but remember that 30% of women in their twenties who marry have a bun in the oven, and only 10% of babies are born out of wedlock. Read the rest of this entry »
japan.internet.com recently published the results of the 66th regular mobile advertising survey from goo Research.
Demographics
Between the 5th and 7th of January 2011 1,096 mobile phone-using members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 59.0% of the sample were female, 2.8% in their teens, 24.7% in their twenties, 37.7% in their thirties, 26.6% in their forties, and 8.3% aged fifty or older.
I’ve never bought anything through my mobile phone, and even though my wife does a lot of PC-based shopping, she has never to my knowledge used her mobile. The strange thing is that mobile shopping should be more secure, or at least a mobile phone is easier to lock down, yet as far as I am aware most mobiles such as Japanese feature phones have little or no protection against many kinds of attacks. However, there are various moves afoot to correct that, such as some stuff I am involved in. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s a reasonably popular program on the television in Japan, がっちりアカデミー, gacchiri academy, with perhaps “School for Skinflints” being a good English translation. This program has a panel of experts that focus on the financial pluses or minuses of various activities, so perhaps this was the inspiration for a survey from goo Ranking into about which matters would people want to hear from an expert which was the better choice.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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’d like to hear “Permanent Residency versus naturalisation”, perhaps, and also regarding number 7, why people need to ask which toilet paper is better! What would you like to hear? Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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.
Much to my surprise, “all of them” is not the top answer! Most of the Japanese I know have rather poor table manners overall (and even here and there their Japanese table manners leave something to be desired), but this survey seems to be dealing with finer points of etiquette. Personally, not being female I don’t know number 4, and I’m not 100% certain on finger bowls, but I think I’ve only once been at a meal where they have been present. Read the rest of this entry »
Or indeed man, what symptoms are there? That was the question from goo Ranking, which was answered by both men and women.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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.
One obvious (perhaps “obvious” is not really the best word to use) symptom for men has probably been removed from their results on the grounds of taste, but if you recall the next line from the Dr Hook hit in the title, you will catch my drift. Anyway, on with the results! Read the rest of this entry »
Despite the New Year having already gone – Happy New Year to all my readers – let’s do a post on a survey from goo Ranking looking at when people feel the New Year is approaching.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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.
To liven up today’s survey, I’ll embed a few pictures and videos of the events. I feel it getting near when it comes time to prepare New Year postcards, which we usually start around the end of November. Read the rest of this entry »
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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’d say 17=, a reporter, is the easiest job over the New Year – if it’s hard news, they can start writing year-end wrap-ups ahead of times; if it’s the latest news, on television at least 90% of it is interviews with people leaving or coming back at airports, bullet train stations, etc, reports of enormous car jams at all the usual motorway locations, and a few bits of stock footage of preparations or the aftermath of New Year at the popular temples. I’m sure they could even run last year’s columns and nobody would notice!
All photos from flickr – click on them to see them in full detail – apologies for some not being terribly seasonal, but it was hard enough to find the right subjects, let alone the locations. Read the rest of this entry »
Despite being the holidays, I cannot miss my Sunday entertainment for you all, so here goes with a goo Ranking survey looking at what kinds of love people yearned for when they were in high school, for both men and women.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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.
Translating the list, I remembered the one I had, love with the trainee teacher – we once had a French teacher-in-training coming to visit our remote islands for a term of hands-on practise, which was nice. Other than that, I wasn’t really into all that nonsense when I was a lad.
With Japan too about to enter the holiday season, what better than to curl up in front of the telly and watch an American drama series from start to finish? This was the premise of a recent goo Ranking survey.
Demographics
Between the 19th and 22nd of November 2010 1,171 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.2% of the sample were female, 11.3% in their teens, 19.1% in their twenties, 29.0% in their thirties, 23.4% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 7.6% 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.
There’s six in the list I’ve never heard of, and another eight I’ve never even seen a episode of, although I came to Japan before most of these 14 started. All I’ve seen of 24 is this:
japan.internet.com recently published the results of the 66th regular 
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