Polls | Japan - Part 9

Recently DIMSDRIVE Research took a look at shredders and personal information. Demographics Between the 22nd of July and the 6th of August 2....
13 Feb 1:12 am from What Japan Thinks

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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....
10 Feb 11:57 pm from What Japan Thinks

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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....
8 Feb 12:04 am from What Japan Thinks

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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....
7 Feb 11:44 am from What Japan Thinks

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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....
6 Feb 1:12 am from What Japan Thinks

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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....
5 Feb 12:10 pm from What Japan Thinks

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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....
5 Feb 1:10 am from What Japan Thinks

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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....
3 Feb 11:49 pm from What Japan Thinks

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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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Polls working again!

Just a quick post to let you know that the polls that you see on the right hand side of this webpage are working again. Looks like a littl....
30 Jan 4:34 pm from Big in Japan

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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....
29 Jan 12:43 am from What Japan Thinks

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Windows 7 penetration into Japanese homes

With Windows 7 just two months old, this survey from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, into home computers, looking in partic....
28 Jan 12:02 am from What Japan Thinks

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Nameplates on Japanese houses and flats

iShare recently published a curious set of results from a survey they conducted into nameplates outside Japanese homes. Demographics Between....
27 Jan 12:11 am from What Japan Thinks

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Japanese domestic appliances

Recently there was a rather unfocuses article by japan.internet.com on a survey conducted by goo Research into home electrical appliances th....
26 Jan 1:12 am from What Japan Thinks

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Dead words from the 70s and 80s in Japan

Well, some of the words in the list have an even longer pedigree, but most of the ones in this list from goo Ranking of Showa era (1925-1989....
24 Jan 8:38 pm from What Japan Thinks

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Favourite festishes of Japanese females

One of my most popular posts of 2009 was this list of male fetishes, so I was glad to see that goo Ranking finally got round to posting wome....
24 Jan 10:34 am from What Japan Thinks

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Do you look like your avatar?

With more and more web sites supporting the use of icons to represent users (including this site and the Gravaters) in the comments, there i....
24 Jan 1:33 am from What Japan Thinks

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2010 fukubukuro lucky bag purchases

One of the highlights of New Year shopping in Japan is buying a fukubukuro, which literally translates to “lucky bag”, so goo Research c....
23 Jan 1:34 am from What Japan Thinks

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Sleeve most common mobile screen cleaner in Japan

In a survey on mobile phones from goo Research, reported on by japan.internet.com, they looked in particular in cleaning the screen, a subje....
22 Jan 2:29 am from What Japan Thinks

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Japanese web browser preferences

This recent survey from iShare into web browsers contains some fascinating and surprising data on preferences amongst a quite experienced sa....
21 Jan 12:23 am from What Japan Thinks

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