世論 What Japan Thinks

goo Ranking looked at what food items people would be surprised to find in their bento lunch box.

Demographics

Between the 2nd and 6th of August 2013 1,046 members of the goo Research monitor panel completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 24.3% in their teens, 24.8% in their twenties, 25.0% in their thirties, and 26.0% in their forties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Given a Western palate and sensibilities (and of course being vegetarian), I find the concept of bento pretty unappetising, being used to warm food. I personally would be suprised to find this in mine:

And this is quite shockingly Westernised, although I could eat this:

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goo Ranking took a look at what comparisons made people feel a little odd.

Demographics

The survey was conducted over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2013 and 1,077 people completed a private web-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 24.5% in their teens, 24.8% in their twenties, 25.2% in their thirties, and 25.5% in their forties. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here is what people might be thinking you are when they call you an otaku:

Blood type B is the worst blood type to have (if you are daft enough to believe such nonsense in the first place!), as described in this BBC Magazine article. I suppose I’ve been called a bit geeky now and again, but I never know if it is a compliment or not!
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With today being Health and Sports Day in Japan, many schools will be holding their Autumn sports festival and, as this goo Ranking survey tries to find out, there will no doubt be displays of over-enthusiasm by parents there.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Above is a parent and a grandparent doing number 4, I presume.
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I think barring local government work (they seem to have more regular hours), being a typical Japanese wife who works (working wives, especially full-time, are not really that typical, however!), with a typical Japanese husband, must be exceptionally hard. So, goo Ranking conducted a survey to see what rather tough aspects of being a working wife would women like their husbands to understand.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. Furthermore, this survey was presumably only for working mothers

Fortunately I work for a more enlightened employer that has relatively mother-friendly (not fathers, though) policies. There are a good number of mothers returning to the workplace, not just clerical but also technical. However, promotion chances for women are poorer, I feel, and even childless or single women around me don’t seem to rise to the same level as men.
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goo Ranking took another look at LINE, the chat program that has taken Japan by storm and has featured in many surveys on this site, this time looking at actions by one’s boyfriend that send a female heart a-flutter.

Demographics

The survey was conducted over the 2nd and 3rd of September 2013 and 1,077 people completed a private web-based questionnaire, but as with August, goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. Women only were asked this question.

Quite frankly, these answers make the respondents look like LINE addicts, which is probably not that far from the truth. I don’t use LINE, but recently my wife has started using Google+, but fortunately she has made no noises about wanting to communicate via Hangouts.
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goo Ranking’s entertainment for today is a look at what happenings on LINE irritate people. LINE is a chat program used by almost two-thirds of the sample in a recent survey, but I am still LINE-free.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s some chicken soup-flavoured Pocky; at least that’s what the LINE tie-up image seems to be suggesting to me:

You will of course notice that answers one and two are basically mutually exclusive! Looking at the split between male and female, men were more itchy about not getting replies, whereas women found being asked to reply more irritating, but just 10 points or less separated the pairs for both men and women.
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Following on from a previous sleep fail ranking, this time we have a look with goo Ranking about which times people feel they have failed by falling asleep.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have still not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s someone passed out on the pavement:

Given that falling asleep on the train is compulsory for commuters, I feel that number 1 should be read with an imagined trailing clause “…and then I missed an important stop” or the like. My usual sleep fail is, however, falling asleep at the theatre…
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goo Ranking took a look at the characteristics of guys who are not popular with women, in the sense of not being dating material, looking at both what women thought those features were and what men thought.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Since today is Respect for the Aged Day in Japan, goo Ranking also published today a similar question, but what makes you think that granddad was popular with women in his younger days. Unfortunately I ran out of time to translate it, but it’s quite a sweet survey, so perhaps next weekend?
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Today’s goo Ranking is one I thought looked good, but in the end… well, you decide with this look at sleep-related fails people have experienced.

Demographics

Between the 6th and 8th of August 2013 the survey was conducted, but goo Ranking have not got round to adding the page that contains the further demographic information. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.

Here’s someone quite overcome with having to walk the dog:

I can related to pretty much all on the list. My probably best-ever fail was on my birthday two months ago. I woke up to my alarm, and climbed out of bed to turn it off, but my left big toe got stuck in the right leg of my pyjamas, and I fell flat on my face as I tried to take my first step! I’ve also recently started drooling when I fall asleep on the train on the way back from work, which I suppose is more of an embarrassment than a fail, though.
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One of Japan’s most recognisable horror icons is Sadako, a long black-haired (covering her face, usually) woman in a white dress that climbs out of your television to deliver a curse. With a new film coming out soon, goo Ranking decided to ask what other kinds of Sadako they would hate to meet.

Demographics

Between the 7th and 9th of July 2013 1,096 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.5% of the sample were female, 24.4% in their teens, 25.2% in their twenties, 24.8% in their thirties, and 25.6% in their forties; there was no-one older than 49 in this sample. 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 found Baseball Sadako pretty disturbing:

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