What Japan Thinks

On television last night I watched my favourite program, “If I were Prime Minister”, which instead of the usual format of debating a pol....
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Email addresses on CVs

iShare recently conducted a rather interesting survey into email addresses on CVs (résumés), which produced the rather suprising result th....
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Majority think iPad, other tablets, will become widely used

iShare recently surveyed its userbase to find out what they thought of the iPad and other tablet form-factor computers. Demographics Between....
19 Feb 11:37 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Yahoo! Search pulling away from Google; Bing nowhere

Recently iBridge Research Plus conducted a survey, reported on by japan.internet.com, into search engines. Demographics On the 5th of Februa....
19 Feb 12:33 am from What Japan Thinks

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Smells that get the juices flowing

iShare recently asked their survey panel about what food smells get their juices flowing. Demographics Between the 6th and 12th of January 2....
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Almost one in four portable game players have pirated

goo Research recently conducted their third regular survey into consumer games machines, and the report on japan.internet.com had some inter....
17 Feb 12:29 am from What Japan Thinks

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Sewing on a button

Don’t say I don’t bring you rather strange surveys, as here is iShare’s look at sewing buttons, an activity that sems to be taught in ....
16 Feb 1:02 am from What Japan Thinks

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Foreign travel worries of the Japanese

Japanese make lousy travellers, on the whole, I feel, and this survey from goo Ranking into worried before foreign travel backs up my opinio....
14 Feb 12:52 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Fixed line phones future not so bleak

Despite mobile phones reaching pretty much saturation point, according to recent survey into fixed line phones by iBridge Research Plus and ....
14 Feb 12:41 am from What Japan Thinks

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Shredding personal information in Japan

Recently DIMSDRIVE Research took a look at shredders and personal information. Demographics Between the 22nd of July and the 6th of August 2....
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Japan’s prospects for Vancouver

With the Winter Olympics due to open on the 12th (or 13th Japan time), here’s a timely survey from iShare into the Vancouver Winter Olympi....
11 Feb 11:17 pm from What Japan Thinks

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2ch usage patterns

Media Interactive recently conducted a survey amongst 2ch (2 channel) users to find out more about their usage patterns. The highlights of t....
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Glossy versus matte LCDs

Much like Coke or Pepsi or Kanto versus Kansai, glossy versus matte LCDs, the subject of a recent iShare survey, is an eternal battle with e....
10 Feb 12:24 am from What Japan Thinks

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Computer speed, internet speed main computer dissatisfactions

As a sort-of follow-up on a recent survey into internet performance, this time we look with Marsh Inc and japan.internet.com at computer dis....
8 Feb 11:09 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Personal grooming FAIL

goo Ranking have another fun FAIL survey, this time looking at what personal grooming in the opposite sex takes you aback, for men looking a....
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Secrets you’d rather not have heard about her

goo Ranking took a look at what secrets that if you heard about someone of the opposite sex that you liked, they’d go down in your opinion....
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Married Japanese women and mobile phone bills

iBridge Research Plus recently conducted a survey into family phone bills, which was reported on by japan.internet.com. Demographics On the ....
6 Feb 10:14 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Two in five Japanese thinking of doing two jobs

Having seen at the end of last year that over three in four are hurting financially, iShare followed up with a look at taking on a second jo....
6 Feb 12:15 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Convenience store Juki Net worry most Japanese

Juki Net is a national scheme that is basically a voluntary ID card used mostly to simplify access to local government services, so a new se....
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Japanese culture: part 2 of 2

Recently, the Cabinet Office Japan took a detailed look at culture. Demographics Between the 11th and 15th of November 2009 3,000 people ove....
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Japanese culture: part 1 of 2

Recently, the Cabinet Office Japan took a detailed look at culture. Demographics Between the 11th and 15th of November 2009 3,000 people ove....
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Pedestrian-paced internet common in Japan

Despite Japan having just about the cheapest and fastest home internet connections on the planet, this recent survey from iBridge Research P....
4 Feb 1:59 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Third believe in blood typing, quarter in horoscopes

iShare once again take an interesting look at a corner of Japanese life, this time the matter of fortune telling. Demographics Between the 8....
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2010 Valentine’s Day plans

It’s coming up to Valentine’s Day, which in Japan means that women buy gifts for men, on the whole, not only for their true love (or obj....
3 Feb 12:28 am from What Japan Thinks

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Computer screen most popular QR Code source

It’s been a while since I’ve posted the results of a survey on QR Codes (these two-dimensional bar code things) but this one from Marsh ....
2 Feb 12:01 am from What Japan Thinks

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Reading what from my palm?

Palm reading is, of course, a load of nonsense based around cold reading, but regardless I felt this recent survey from goo Ranking looking ....
1 Feb 12:04 am from What Japan Thinks

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When Japanese feel their age

Here’s a fun look with goo Ranking at what moments people feel their age, for both women and men. Demographics Between the 18th and 21st o....
31 Jan 12:25 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Japanese driving habits

Here’s an interesting look with iShare at driving, looking in particular at poor driving habits. Demographics Between the 4th and 7th of J....
31 Jan 12:14 am from What Japan Thinks

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2010 (Heisei 22) New Year Postcard Nengajo lottery results

The winners of the 2010 New Year Postcard lottery for the Year of the Tiger have been announced, and the winning numbers and prizes are as f....
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Illegal music downloads in Japan

For a change, this recent survey from iShare into music downloading laws found a significant number willing to admit their thievery. Demogra....
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