Foreign weekend breaks and longer holidays: part 1 of 2
A recent survey from Macromill Research looked at overseas holidays, both weekend breaks via the new Haneda international terminal and longe....
30 Sep 12:03 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hairy Japanese women
A recent survey from DIMSDRIVE Research took a look at women’s excess body hair, and found hairy armpits the biggest concern for them, and....
28 Sep 12:04 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Butts out of car windows are worst driving manners in Japan
If there’s one thing Japanese drivers hate, it’s fags and other rubbish being tossed out of car windows, according to this survey from i....
22 Sep 12:12 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Home delivery food too expensive for many
Here’s another delayed survey from DIMSDRIVE Research, this time looking at food home delivery, which finds out that pizza is still Japanâ....
16 Sep 11:17 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Wedding planners make killing despite recession, population drop
The recession doesn't appear to be deterring couples who want to spend yen on the Big Day.....
15 Sep 5:57 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Coffee drinking habits
An interesting survey from Media Interactive iResearch took a look at coffee drinking habits. Demographics Between the 24th and 25th of Augu....
14 Sep 11:12 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
8% of cat owners eat cat food in Japan
Ah yes, another wonderful trolling headline after my dog food survey from a few years back! Note that it means that 8% of cat owners make fo....
7 Sep 11:50 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Secrets to take to the grave
iShare often make me smile with the curious topics they investigate, and this one is no exception, what secrets people want to take to the g....
4 Sep 12:19 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Incoming versus outgoing telephone calls
I don’t really know what to make of this recent survey from iShare into preferences for telephone call direction, but I present it anyway.....
23 Aug 11:56 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A taste of home in Japan
iShare took a look at young people’s opinions regarding their mother’s cooking, in particular the flavour that reminds them of home. I c....
19 Aug 12:15 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
You might be a Twitter addict when…
Here’s a survey from goo Ranking that will probably hold true all over the world, I might be a Twitter addict if…. Demographics Between ....
8 Aug 11:42 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Art Of The Japanese Hot Stone Massage
Have you ever felt during a massage that the masseuse was just not strong enough to push through the ridges of tension in your shoulder blad....
6 Aug 4:32 am  from  Geisha Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A Tokyo Life: Welcome to the World`s Largest Rat Race
The suns raises at 4:30 a.m. and already the city stirs. There is a man riding around the hood on a loud scooter dropping off the morning pa....
1 Aug 2:18 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 66 | MUJI
One of the greatest gifts from Japan to the world would be Muji. Founded in 1980 as an answer to the big European brands, Muji means ....
31 Jul 11:43 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 64 | Traveler`s Notebook
I love traveling and taking notes of things I find too beautiful to leave unnoticed. Strangely- while the journal and notebook apps f....
29 Jul 6:39 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 63 | Temple Bags
Touched by products that include a good story and philosophy behind it, a natural dose of patriotism (like to be experience while liv....
27 Jul 12:23 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese women prefer to look at, not swim in the sea
Following on from the earlier survey into summer plans, iShare also took a look at beach fun. Demographics Between the 14th and 17th of June....
17 Jul 1:01 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Summer plans in Japan
With the rainy season lifting this weekend in Japan (we’ve just had a cracker of an electrical storm to finish it off!) this survey (well,....
17 Jul 12:34 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Housework styles of Japanese women
This very detailed piece of research into women, housework and domestic appliances by Yahoo! Japan Value Insight revealed a lot of informati....
13 Jul 11:44 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Personal contents on YouTube and Nico-Nico Douga
Here’s an interesting look by iShare on a topic I’ve not seen covered in detail in either Japan or the English-speaking sphere, a look a....
12 Jul 11:54 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nº 57 | JAM Home Made
Relocated into the trendy district of Jingumae Tokyo, the Japanese jewelry brand JAM HOME MADE & ready made celebrated their 10t....
10 Jul 10:12 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
HOUSE WITH COURT
Beautiful minimalist creation in Tokyo, the duplex house with an inner court presents simplicity and sophistication. The combination....
9 Jul 12:58 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Most Japanese kids can touch creepy-crawlies
One of the hobbies of Japanese kids in the summer is collecting stag beetles and their friends, so I was interested to see this recent surve....
30 Jun 11:42 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
How cheap is your love? Diamond appraiser hit
Does love take a hit when diamond appraisers start shifting standards?....
28 Jun 3:12 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Almost no music SNS users in Japan
I’ve never heard the term music SNS before, although now that I read what it is I understand what they are referring to. The survey on thi....
26 Jun 11:43 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese iPad early adopters mostly satisfied
Macromill Research recently conducted a detailed survey into the opinions of recent iPad purchasers, and found a mostly positive set of reac....
25 Jun 11:37 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Teenage acne considered cute!?
I’ve never considered an outbreak of spots cute, and I can’t really imagine anyone else finding plouks attractive, but this survey from ....
18 Jun 1:15 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cluttered desktops in Japan
I don’t know if it’s just the sort of people I work with, but many people in the office seem to have half their Windows desktop strewn w....
15 Jun 1:25 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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