According to the 13th regular electronic cash survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com, both the percentage of card holders and the frequency of usage is increasing, but over the last year the change has been almost within the margin of error for these surveys.
Research results
Between the 30th of November and the 4th of December 2009 1,092 members of the goo Research internet monitor group completed a private online questionnaire. 53.6% of the sample were male, 16.1% in their teens, 18.7% int heir twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 15.8% in their forties, and 27.7% aged fifty or older.
I’m really getting quite into my Stacia card, with most days seeing me buy a morning snack at a convenience store on the way to work, and at the weekends getting a bottle of water from a vending machine or a station kiosk. It’s easier to budget (or should that be cheat on my allowance?) too, as I don’t end up wasting my cash on lots of fiddly things. Read the rest of this entry »
I find the figure of one in four people usually carrying a standard notebook computer a quite frankly unbelievable figure from this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, the third regular mobile devices survey. I have also translated the first and second surveys.
Demographics
On the 26th of November 2009 1,095 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 53.5% of the sample were male, 16.5% in their teens, 18.1% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 15.6% in their forties, and 28.0% aged fifty or older.
Since the last survey the percentage of both notebooks and PSPs being carried has increased, which the report suggested was due to Windows 7 and PSP Go launches. However, the number carrying smartphones was down 0.7%, but I suspect that might be as much a statistical blip as an indication of a definite trend. Read the rest of this entry »
With the busiest season for home printers coming up, namely the creation of New Year cards, it is quite timely that goo Research, as reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at printers at home.
Demographics
Between the 18th and 20th of November 2009 1,093 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.9% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.6% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.4% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.
I’ve read stories than in the US ink jets are so cheap yet cartridges are quite expensive, people just throw away the whole printer when they run out.
I post all my empty cartridges into Yodobashi Camera’s recycle box. Checking my local rubbish collection rules, I see that the cartridges are burnables, so in Q3 are about one in five incorrectly disposing of their items? It also mentions in the notes column that if possible, one should use a recycle box at the shops. Read the rest of this entry »
Looking at the alphabet soup of new models for this autumn and winter from docomo and SoftBank, one could be forgiven for feeling overwhelmed, with about 20 new handset each. Seeing how widespread this feeling was was one of the questions asked in the 49th regular upgrade needs survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 17th and 20th of November 2009 exactly 1,000 mobile phone using members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private mobile phone-based questionnaire. 52.2% of the sample were male, 1.3% in their teens, 14.3% in their twenties, 33.3% in their thirties, 27.7% in their forties, and 23.4% aged fifty or older.
I’m overwhelmed by the number, especially as they all have roughly the same price and feature overload. If there was an entry-level phone with no One Seg television, a low-end camera, and no touch screen, flashing lights and other gimmics, I’m sure it could sell.
I’ve also got no intention to buy this season, partially as I’m waiting to see how well the Japanese manufacturers tackle making Android phones for the domestic market, and partially because I spent my toy budget on a netbook. Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s an interesting look from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into USB-connected peripherals.
Demographics
Over the 12th and 13th of November 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.3% of the sample were male, 16.5% were in their teens, 18.3% in their twenties, 21.4% in their thirties, 16.3% int heir forties, 15.2% in their fifties, and 12.2% aged sixty or older.
Note, many of the links in Q1SQ1 below link to fine Christmas stocking fillers like this one:
goo Research recently reported into elementary school children’s internet use, the seventh time they have reported on this. I’m sure I translated an earlier survey, but I can’t find it now!
Demographics
Between the 17th and 29th of September 2009 7,657 parents or guardians of elementary school children or younger completed a public internet-based questionnaire available through the kids goo portal. 54.2% of the sample were female, 1.2% in their twenties, 42.2% in their thirties, 52.4% in their forties, and 4.2% aged fifty or older.
It’s not clear from the sample as to whether mobile internet is included within this sample.
It’s a bit worrying that over a quarter of those who participate in chat (or over a quarter of those whose parents are aware of them participating and who they are talking to) don’t seem to know or have been taught the basic rules about not talking to strangers over the internet. Read the rest of this entry »
Almost all phones in Japan these days can download applications in one form or another, so this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at the use of mobile applications.
Demographics
Between the 28th and 31st of October 2009 1,071 members of the goo Research online monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.6% of the sample were male, 16.3% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.7% in their thirties, 15.9% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.1% aged sixty or older.
The original Japanese article headlined the story with “Over half of iPhone users use applications daily”, but there was only 36 owners, or 3.7%, in the sample, so the main focus will be on the standard Japanese Java-based world.
Recently, goo Research conducted their second regular keitai novel (mobile phone novel) survey, which was reported on by japan.internet.com.
Demographics
Between the 26th and 29th of October 2009 1,073 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.8% of the sample were male, 16.8% in their teens, 21.3% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.5% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 11.9% aged sixty or older.
Note that here a keitai novel (“keitai” is short for “keitai denwa”, “portable phone”) is a novel written especially for mobile phones, and often written itself on a mobile phone, rather than just the electronic version of a paper novel consumed on a mobile phone. Hopefully those answering the questions here were fully aware of that distinction!
It would be interesting to see what percentage of people had read the same book in both formats, and the number of books in each format. Read the rest of this entry »
I haven’t translated a survey on video cameras for a while, as perhaps they have been dropping off the radar since more and more still cameras, even SLRs, are coming with video functions, and as mobile phones and even some iPods have such features. So, to redress the balance, here is goo Research, as reported on by japan.internet.com, on video cameras.
Demographics
Over the 8th and 9th of October 2009 1,032 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. The sample was 52.6% male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.0% in their twenties, 21.3% in their thirties, 16.1% in their forties, 15.7% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older.
One band I’d never heard of before, exemode, have, as illustrated in the picture above, a Neon Genesis Evangelion-themed camera DV230-EVA02 that in that orange and red colouring looks remarkably cheap and nasty, and the purple, lime green and black DV230-EVA01 is even nastier-looking! At about $100 for the camera, it definitely fits the “cheap” criterion. I strongly suspect that the cameras are Chinese designed and manufactured and then sold with a friendlier brand name, so one can draw one’s own conclusions about the “nasty” factor. Read the rest of this entry »
With the analogue switch-off now only 21 months away (24th July 2011), the number ready for the change has now passed the halfway mark, according to the 11th regular survey into digital terrestrial television from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com.
Research results
Between the 5th and 10th of October 2009 1,092 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 52.7% of the sample were male, 16.6% in their teens, 18.2% in their twenties, 21.2% in their thirties, 15.9% in their forties, 15.8% in their fifties, and 12.3% aged sixty or older.
With 13% of the population still to decide, I’ve been seeing a few adverts for a converter box, and the one below from J:Com trying to persude presumably not just the microscopic percentage of foreigners who might be in the situation of being TV-less in two years.
According to the 13th regular electronic cash survey from goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com, both the percentage of card holders and the frequency of usage is increasing, but over the last year the change has been almost within the margin of error for these surveys.
With the busiest season for home printers coming up, namely the creation of New Year cards, it is quite timely that goo Research, as reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at 
Looking at the alphabet soup of new models for this autumn and winter from 
Here’s an interesting look from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into 
goo Research recently reported into 
Almost all phones in Japan these days can download applications in one form or another, so this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at the 
Recently, goo Research conducted their second regular 
I haven’t translated a survey on video cameras for a while, as perhaps they have been dropping off the radar since more and more still cameras, even SLRs, are coming with video functions, and as mobile phones and 
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