世論 What Japan Thinks

As if Japanese television wasn’t mindless enough (there are good shows, but even the good shows are cheap time-fillers), nearly half of the respondents to iShare’s survey into Twitter and television thought the two make a fun mix.

Demographics

Between the 9th and 15th of February 2010 516 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 57.2% of the sample were male, 30.4% in their twenties, 33.7% in their thirties, and 35.9% in their forties.

Even worse, about two in five fancied Twittering with the people on the box. I’ve seen a couple of late-night programmes that feature the people in the studio checking emails for topics, and it’s incredibly boring just watching the top of someone’s head as they mutter at a monitor trying to summarise a message.
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Despite having lots of followers, I still don’t know the answer to the question goo Ranking posed, namely what’s so great about Twitter?

Demographics

Between the 18th and 21st of December 2009 1,077 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 51.0% of the sample were female, 8.7% in their teens, 15.3% in their twenties, 27.0% in their thirties, 27.8% in their forties, 11.9% in their fifties, and 9.3% 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.

Whenever I see programs or read about Twitter users, especially Japanese users, I am overcome with a great feeling of sadness. Mobile users, especially, seem to have devolved from rich email to basically text SMS.
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With Twitter showing little sign of adoption in Japan, and TwitterPoli, a site tracking Japanese politicians’ Tweets, having just 10 local officals and 6 national politicians being tracked, this recent survey from MyVoice looking at local government Tweeting (and other related topics) seems a bit pointless, quite frankly.

Demographics

Between the 22nd and 27th of July 2009 562 members of the CLUB BBQ free email forwarding service completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 56.0% of the sample were male, 34.5% in their twenties, 32.9% in their thirties, and 32.6% in their forties.

What Japan Thinks can be found on Twitter; most of the content is just automated Tweeting of my posts, but two or three times a week or so I post one-liner survey translations that don’t make it to the main blog.

Note that the Twitter usage rate of 6.2% in this survey versus 2.3% in the previously-mentioned survey can be ascribed to iShare having a more technically-minded audience; the simple fact that the survey respondent pool comes from people using an email forwarding service demonstrates this.

The two local authorities mentioned in Q4 can be read on Twitter; the links are Aomori Prefectural Office (ooh, nice background!) and Hokkaido Rikubetsucho.

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Despite having over 300 followers (I’m shocked, not boasting about it!) I still don’t really see the point, as do most Japanese, according to this survey from iBridge Research Plus and reported on by japan.internet.com into Twitter.

Demographics

On the 6th of July 2009 300 members of the iBridge monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 50.3% of the sample were female, 19.0% in their twenties, 39.0% in their thirties, 26.7% in their forties, 10.7% in their fifties, and 4.7% in their sixties.

I did once try Twitter from my Japanese mobile but it was through a bit of a dodgy web page script. Searching around the Japanese web I have come across an interesting site, in Japanese, of course; the using Twitter from a mobile phone Wiki, which includes a section with a number of iAppli for docomo applications that can be used to access Twitter. I should download a couple and review them!

Other surveys on Twitter may be found by following that link.
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• Complaints one cannot make to one’s Japanese girlfriend: Or wife, or boyfriend or husband, as the case may be, a.. http://tinyurl.com/l4wdrl #
• Bing unknown to nine in ten Japanese: The headline figure is not really surprising to me, partially because it h.. http://tinyurl.com/kwep8j #
• Death of pink bunny shocked many Japanese: The pink bunny is the mascot character of the not-very-sadly missed E.. http://tinyurl.com/les8sb #
• Two in five Japanese ignorant of public wifi networks: Considering how wired the country is, with the lowest cos.. http://tinyurl.com/lhdrhf #
• Dogs, cats and goldfish most popular pets in Japan: This recent survey from DIMSDRIVE Research into pets had int.. http://tinyurl.com/mogeu4 #
• Dessert and green tea accompany most convenience store bento: I’ve never eaten a convenience store bento (.. http://tinyurl.com/nftd2c #

• Complaints one cannot make to one’s Japanese girlfriend: Or wife, or boyfriend or husband, as the case may be, a.. http://tinyurl.com/l4wdrl #
• Bing unknown to nine in ten Japanese: The headline figure is not really surprising to me, partially because it h.. http://tinyurl.com/kwep8j #
• Death of pink bunny shocked many Japanese: The pink bunny is the mascot character of the not-very-sadly missed E.. http://tinyurl.com/les8sb #
• Two in five Japanese ignorant of public wifi networks: Considering how wired the country is, with the lowest cos.. http://tinyurl.com/lhdrhf #
• Dogs, cats and goldfish most popular pets in Japan: This recent survey from DIMSDRIVE Research into pets had int.. http://tinyurl.com/mogeu4 #
• Dessert and green tea accompany most convenience store bento: I’ve never eaten a convenience store bento (.. http://tinyurl.com/nftd2c #

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-21: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06.. http://tinyurl.com/ndr32m #
• Top three people on telly you want as father: 1. Tokoro George; 2. Sekine Tsutomu; 3. Gussan #
• Liked local ramen: 1. Hakata 35%; 2. Sapporo 34%; 3. Kitakata 18%; 4. Tokyo, Kumamoto 8%; 6. Yokohama 7% (goo Research) #
• Japanese women and online shopping for cosmetics: Although this survey from iBridge Research Plus and reported o.. http://tinyurl.com/mfzo38 #
• Standby blog topics in Japan: Yesterday was Sunday, but I was all jet-lagged, so please forgive me this post of .. http://tinyurl.com/nqzbcx #
• Coping with stress in Japan: If I’d translated this one yesterday I could have been all nice and happy and.. http://tinyurl.com/lpgldq #
• Virus software in Japan: There’s nothing really startlingly new from this recent survey into security soft.. http://tinyurl.com/mnqw6p #
• Faffing about on mobile phones in Japan: I do like the word faffing, but a more literal and correct translation .. http://tinyurl.com/ltohud #
• Mobiles while mobile in Japan: Despite a law being passed to forbid the use of mobiles while driving cars or rid.. http://tinyurl.com/lma7xa #

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-14: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05.. http://tinyurl.com/lsvsas #
• Sudden rain actions: 1. Shelter by building; 2. Run; 3. Use folding brolly; 4. Just get wet; 5. Pass time in convenience store (goo Ranking) #
• Rainy season problems: 1. Washing doesn’t dry; 2. Wet trouser cuffs; 3. Mold; 4. Hair won’t stay set; 5. Carry brolly or not? (goo Ranking) #
• Why Japanese are negative regarding love: It’s Sunday, so it must be goo Ranking day! This time they took .. http://tinyurl.com/l3pojm #
• Electric shaver usage in Japan: With Father’s Day being next weekend, here’s a timely look with DIMS.. http://tinyurl.com/ncnqcz #
• Tokyo hotels people want to stay in: 1. Imperial (Teikoku); 2. Hilton; 3. Ritz-Carlton; 4. Intercontinental; 5. Okura (goo Research) #
• goo Research starts Twitterable one point surveys: They’re calling them 自画自賛, jigajisan, or tooting one&#8.. http://tinyurl.com/nuscsp #
• Foreign cars people want to ride: 1. Beemer; 2. Benz; 3. Ferrari; 4. Porsche; 5. Audi; 6. VW; 7. Mini; 8. Jag; 9. Rolls (goo Research) #
• Foreign cars one LEAST want to ride: 1.Mercury; 2.Pontiac; 3.Hyundai; 4.Tata; 5. GMC; 6. Saab; 7. Dodge; 8. Smart; 9. Bugatti (goo Research) #
• Favourite coffee chains: 1. Starbucks; 2. Dotour; 3. Tully’s; 4. San Marcs; 5. Kohikan (goo Research) #
• Google Street View for theme parks in Japan: With a great deal of fuss regarding privacy in Japan related to Goo.. http://tinyurl.com/krbxuz #
• Top Japanese Dorama (yuk hate that spelling) channel: 1. Fuji; 2. TBS; 3. NTV; 4. Asahi. 51% surf for drama info, (iShare) #
• Digital signage and in-train television in Japan: Here’s a whole lot of buzzwords relating to the business o.. http://tinyurl.com/ … #
• Why men decide to marry: 1. Want to live together; 2. At marriageable age; 3. Always regret if I don’t: 4. Keep parents happy (goo Ranking) #
• Why women decide to marry: Same top four as men #
• Suprisingly low volume of photos stored by Japanese: Given the high level of ownership of digital cameras report.. http://tinyurl.com/kpmg7w #

They’re calling them 自画自賛, jigajisan, or tooting one’s own horn. The first three (conducted in conjunction with the Yomiuri Shimbun) are on Tokyo hotels people want to stay in, foreign cars people want to ride, and favourite coffee shops.

I’ll be Twittering them for your enjoyment.

• Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-06-07: Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-05-31: Moving house in Japan: Recently, D.. http://tinyurl.com/pb7czj #
• First kiss thoughts in Japan: Here’s another great survey from goo Ranking, this time looking at what went.. http://tinyurl.com/r9j7ak #
• Eating lunch with colleagues: 46% frequently; 34% occasionally; 19% never. Reasons for: 44% habit; 31% enjoyable; 19% always asked (iShare) #
• Lunch with colleagues: 46% frequently; 34% occasionally; 19% never. Reasons never: 33% like alone; 25% no custom; 11% dislike talk (iShare) #
• Three in five not exploring Eco Points: With the recent introduction of the Eco Points system of awards for buyi.. http://tinyurl.com/mqdqx5 #
• Foreign currency investments held by almost one in six Japanese: Given that the interest rates on saving in Japa.. http://tinyurl.com/mjea9o #
• Mobile SNS: free games big draw in Japan: I haven’t seen anything on SNS for a while, so I was pleased to .. http://tinyurl.com/kjac5w #
• Keyboard habits of Japanese computer users: There’s one very useful figure in this survey conducted by Mar.. http://tinyurl.com/lea2tm #
• Contextual blog advertisements least popular kind in Japan: Here is the latest set of results from goo Research&.. http://twurl.nl/s0azj5 #
• Habits for US$200K salary: 1. Actively widen human network; 2. Set long-term goals; 3. Positive thinking; 4. Read paper daily (goo Ranking) #
• New Flu preventive measures: 1. Wash hands 89%; 2. Gargle 77%; 3. Mask 66%; 4. Air room 24%; 5. Enough sleep 22% (iShare) #
• Quicker payments is electronic cash’s main attraction in Japan: Another regular survey today from goo Research, .. http://tinyurl.com/ljudgf #
• Got my vanity Facebook URL: http://www.facebook.com/ken.yn #