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Culture | Japan Pulse

Japan by the numbers (10.23.10)

by Number Cruncher

Contributing Writer

72% of women in their 20s who were polled by Yomeishu Seizo Co. replied that they would consider a relationship with an older man aged between 44 and 62 years old.
71% of those who responded to a survey by ishare Inc. said that they have already purchased the necessary equipment to view digital television.
68% of respondents surveyed by Japan.Internet.com and Goo Research said that they do not read the license agreements before installing new software.
44% of women who responded to a poll by Nikkei Woman Online said the first international destination they intend to visit from Haneda Airport’s new international terminal is Paris.
33% of people in a survey by ishare Inc. said that they had something that was discovered by their mothers that they didn’t want to be found; 39.6% of this group responded that what they didn’t want to be found were books.

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