Small prick problem for five in six Japanese men
And small pricks were hated by three in four Japanese women, according to this survey from iShare on injections, a perhaps disappointingly e....
2 Dec 10:38 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Answering mobile phones in Japan
This recent survey from Point On Research and reported on by japan.internet.com looked at the rather interesting issue of answering mobile p....
2 Dec 12:24 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nuclear power generation worries in Japan
Having looked in October at nuclear power in the Kinki region, today the topic is also nuclear power, but with a sample from all over the co....
1 Dec 12:52 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Converting comics into live-action movies not favoured in Japan
With one live-action version of a manga comic in cinemas right now (Kaiji) and another soon to come out (Nodame Cantabile), this recent surv....
30 Nov 11:50 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
All I want (and don’t want) for Christmas
This set of surveys from goo Ranking looks at what people want from their partners for Christmas, men from their girlfriends and women from ....
29 Nov 11:59 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Two lovers entwined pass me by…
…and heaven knows I’m ragingly horny now, as Morrissey never did sing, which serves by way of an introduction to this survey from goo Ra....
29 Nov 12:42 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Too many autumn and winter models, many feel
Looking at the alphabet soup of new models for this autumn and winter from docomo and SoftBank, one could be forgiven for feeling overwhelme....
29 Nov 12:40 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Free collectables with food items
In Japan, there’s always some brand or other of soft drink in particular that has a free collectable gift attached to it, such as figurine....
28 Nov 12:02 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
SoftBank’s new autumn and winter mobile phone models
Following on from docomo’s autumn and winter line-up, today we look at SoftBank’s new models, the subject of this survey from Marsh Inc ....
28 Nov 12:55 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Docomo’s new autumn and winter mobile phone models
Docomo have recently announced their new line up for autumn and winter. There are almost no new phones; most of them are just refreshes of e....
27 Nov 11:31 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Young Japanese mothers and their cellphones
The following survey from Macromill was very superficially summarised in the press, focusing on just a single question when a lot more inter....
26 Nov 11:03 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ironing clothes in Japan
Here’s yet another novel subject for a survey from MyVoice, where they look at a subject at which I excel, but my wife just cannot do, nam....
26 Nov 12:40 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
PS3 functionality, Wii topicality respective attractions of games machine
A recent survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, looked at consumer games machines, the second regular look at this top....
26 Nov 12:36 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
USB port usage in Japan
Here’s an interesting look from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into USB-connected peripherals. Demographics Over the 12t....
25 Nov 12:38 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
New flu vaccination not high priority in Japan
With swine flu doing the rounds of many countries including Japan, here’s an indepth look by MyVoice at swine flu. Demographics Over the f....
24 Nov 12:46 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Spotting a carnivorous girl
I know I said last week I would not post any more on herbivore boys, a promise I will keep by instead posting a goo Ranking looking at carni....
23 Nov 12:42 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
My worst-ever snog
Not me personally, but the members of the goo Research monitor group reported on their worst-ever kiss, for both women and men. Demographics....
22 Nov 10:53 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Temperatures of drinks in Japan
Having done alcohol consumption earlier in the week, today I take a look at a survey from DIMSDRIVE Research into temperature of drinking wa....
21 Nov 11:55 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
TGIF = Hana-Kin
Thank Goodness It’s Friday is, or at least was, called Hana No Kinyoubi (花の金曜日), Flower Friday, and may be shortened to just Han....
21 Nov 12:41 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A beer over dinner at home favourite way to booze in Japan
Here’s another interesting look at drinking alcohol with MyVoice. Demographics Over the first five days of October 2009 13,102 members of ....
19 Nov 8:16 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elementary school kids and the internet
goo Research recently reported into elementary school children’s internet use, the seventh time they have reported on this. I’m sure I t....
19 Nov 12:17 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cancer scares three in four Japanese: part two of two
Here’s an interesting and detailed survey from Cabinet Office Japan into cancer. I translated a similar survey from the Cabinet Office a c....
18 Nov 12:02 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Asahi Poll: 77% of Voters Say Cabinet Should Review Manifesto Promises; Cabinet Begins to Review Manifesto Promises…
An Asahi Shimbun poll released today showed that government support remains steady at around 62%, with voters generally happy with the effor....
17 Nov 6:52 pm  from  Guyjin.me   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cancer scares three in four Japanese: part one of two
Here’s an interesting and detailed survey from Cabinet Office Japan into cancer. I translated a similar survey from the Cabinet Office a c....
17 Nov 12:00 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Clothes suggesting chat-uppable girls at dating parties
What an ugly headline, but quite an interesting ranking survey from goo Ranking looking at what clothes make guys at dating parties think th....
16 Nov 12:01 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Looks good enough to eat!
Here’s a short but often sweet survey from goo Ranking looking at what foods people choose from the outside appearance more than the stuff....
15 Nov 11:50 pm  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Why herbivore boys don’t get the girl
The poor herbivore boys have been beaten to death by both me and the mainstream press, so let’s dance on their graves with goo Ranking at ....
15 Nov 11:16 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Politics, manga, universities and doujinshi
One of the last great acts of the ex-Prime Minister Taro Aso was to propose a palace to celebrate his favourite hobby, manga. The new govern....
15 Nov 12:58 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Search most common way of finding new blogs
The power of Google, or more probably Yahoo! in the case of Japan, was revealed by this recent survey from Marsh Inc and reported on by japa....
14 Nov 12:27 am  from  What Japan Thinks   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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