Goo Research

I believe this is the first time I’ve translated a survey on this topic of fax machines, conducted by goo Research and reported on by japa....
25 Sep 1:06 am from What Japan Thinks

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Osaka, Hiroshima and Fukuoka station facilities

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23 Sep 1:04 am from What Japan Thinks

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Fairtrade fairly unknown in Japan

I can’t go anywhere in Europe or America without bumping into a Fairtrade product, usually coffee or tea, but as this recent survey from g....
20 Sep 11:43 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Keitai novels slowly spreading to smartphones

This survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at keitai (mobile phone) novels, a genre of writing designed to be ....
12 Sep 12:08 am from What Japan Thinks

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Usage of web camera and headset in Japan

japan.internet.com has been a bit barren recently – I don’t know why they’ve decreased the number of surveys they publish – so this ....
9 Sep 11:50 pm from What Japan Thinks

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My adverts are invisible to many Japanese

And they’re also invisible to many of you lot, judging by my data! I mention this as today’s survey is from goo Research, reported on by....
6 Sep 11:54 pm from What Japan Thinks

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How one year of love changes one’s partner

Today’s survey from goo Ranking looked at the matter of what changes in one’s partner do people feel after a year of dating, for both me....
5 Sep 11:11 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Aozora and electronic books in general in Japan

If you’re a learner of Japanese, or just wanting to get hold of classics of Japanese literature, the free repository Aozora is a good plac....
2 Sep 11:52 pm from What Japan Thinks

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About half the Japanese can explain what the iPad and iPhone are

A recent survey by goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at IT-related technical terms. Demographics Between the 30th of J....
28 Aug 12:24 am from What Japan Thinks

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Corporate Tweeting in Japan

A recent very detailed survey from goo Research, in conjuction with social media consultants Looops Communications, took a look at corporate....
25 Aug 12:15 am from What Japan Thinks

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Two in five Japanese have heard of PayPal

Around two in five of the online population questioned here to be precise have heard of it, although usage of PayPal is still very low accor....
20 Aug 12:30 am from What Japan Thinks

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Three in four Japanese digital television-ready

In the fifteenth regular monthly survey by goo Research into terrestrial digital television broadcasts, japan.internet.com reported that ver....
17 Aug 11:05 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Digital-ready TVs most popular electrical purchase last month

Let’s get the What Japan Thinks show back on the road after the holidays with this look by goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com....
17 Aug 12:00 am from What Japan Thinks

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Social lending awareness very low

A few months ago I remember seeing a news segment on internet-based social lending services, but I cannot say the idea appealed to me. Demog....
7 Aug 12:00 am from What Japan Thinks

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Unknown file extensions

A recent quickie survey from iShare looked at file extensions. Demographics Between the 7th and 12th of July 2010 479 members of the CLUB BB....
4 Aug 12:05 am from What Japan Thinks

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Watching videos on mobile phones

A recent survey from goo Research into mobile phones and video, their 62nd monthly survey, reported on by japan.internet.com produced some i....
3 Aug 12:50 am from What Japan Thinks

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Working mothers in Japan

Here is another very interesting survey from goo Research, a look at child-rearing and working. This is the second time the survey has been ....
31 Jul 1:14 am from What Japan Thinks

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For a number of months goo Research has been conducting a regular survey into mobile phone users’ use of computers, but the reports on jap....
26 Jul 11:53 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Media consumption in Japan

Recently, goo Research conducted a very thorough survey into media consumption in Japan, covering both the old and new media. Demographics B....
24 Jul 11:59 pm from What Japan Thinks

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3D TV wanted by almost three in ten Japanese

With 3D television starting to get off the ground in Japan, with a few particular programs being broadcast in 3D, goo Research took a look a....
22 Jul 12:03 am from What Japan Thinks

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Software keyboards

Here’s a short and perhaps less interesting than it could have been look at software keyboards, not just touch panels as on many smartphon....
19 Jul 11:54 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Japanese electronic cash card users continue to decrease

The 16th regular survey from goo Research into electronic money found that the number of users continues a slide first highlighted in the 15....
18 Jul 12:24 am from What Japan Thinks

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Smartphones overtake netbooks in Japan

The sixth regular survey by goo Research into mobile devices, reported on by japan.internet.com, produced evidence that compared to the four....
15 Jul 11:40 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Majority of Japanese Wikipedia users visit several times a week

It’s a while since I’ve looked at a Wikipedia survey, and although the numbers haven’t changed significantly since the last time, this....
11 Jul 12:39 am from What Japan Thinks

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8 megapixels or more camera phones wanted by one in five Japanese

In this the latest mobile phone upgrade needs survey from goo Research, their 52nd in the series, in the report by japan.internet.com they c....
10 Jul 12:57 am from What Japan Thinks

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Majority playing less video games this year in Japan

The fifth regular survey into consumer games machines by goo Research and reported on by japan.internet.com found that in the last year just....
6 Jul 8:42 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Diversity management in Japan

The first question one might have is what is diversity; the immediate thing that springs to my mind, at least, is having an anti-discriminat....
5 Jul 11:52 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Majority don’t want election candidates to Tweet or email

With the election for the upper house upon us, although the government has lifted the ban on political party web pages (they used to have to....
2 Jul 11:54 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Almost all of Japan knows of the iPad

An interesting survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into Apple’s iPad found that not just awareness but also desir....
18 Jun 7:49 pm from What Japan Thinks

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One in four watching more TV on digital

With the deadline for the digital terrestrial switchover getting ever closer – only 13 months until the 24th of July 2011 – rates of ado....
9 Jun 11:29 pm from What Japan Thinks

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