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SURVEY

JAPAN
Jul 13, 2013
Number of nonregular workers hits record high
Temporary and part-time workers now account for a record-high 38.2 percent of the labor force, reflecting a significant shift in the working environment.
JAPAN
Jul 12, 2013
Feelings about Japan depend on who's polled, and where
Public sentiment about the economy and the direction Japan is taking has improved somewhat since last year, according to a study by the Washington-based Pew Research Center.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Jul 11, 2013
Complications reported in 15% of sex change operation patients
About 70 percent of 105 Japanese people who had gender reassignment surgeries abroad and in Japan between 1995 and 2012 said they were satisfied with the results, but 15 percent said they had serious complications or they needed another operation after the procedures, a survey showed.
JAPAN
Jul 3, 2013
Few Japanese willing to state desire regarding organ donation
The Japan Organ Transport Network said Tuesday 15.7 percent of people recently surveyed said they have declared their will on whether or not they wish to donate their organs after brain death or cardiac death.
BUSINESS / Economy
Jun 12, 2013
Big firms' sentiment soaring, before dive
Business sentiment at large companies in the second quarter sharply improved from the previous three months, as the yen's slide triggered hopes of an export rebound and boosted stock prices, a government survey showed Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2013
Wait a sec: Smartphones helping more in Japan deal with irritatingly long waits, survey says
People in Japan are less frustrated if forced to wait in public places compared with a decade ago, and smartphones are helping them kill time, a recent survey by Citizen Holdings Co. found.
JAPAN
Jun 4, 2013
Cabinet support rate off to 68% amid bourse fall
Support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet dropped to 68 percent in the latest poll from 70.9 percent last month, a Kyodo News survey showed Sunday.
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2013
55% of male baby boomers expect wives to serve as caregivers: survey
More than half of male baby boomers born in the late 1940s hope their wives will act as caregivers if required, according to a government survey.
JAPAN
May 13, 2013
13% of middle-aged men quitting jobs to take care of parents
Middle-aged men are quitting paid work to care for elderly parents in increasing numbers, a new study shows.
JAPAN / Politics
May 8, 2013
Bad feelings dominate Japan-South Korea public sentiment
Nearly 80 percent of South Koreans have a negative impression of Japan, while about 40 percent of Japanese have an unfavorable image of South Korea, according to the results of a bilateral poll released Tuesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 25, 2013
'Abenomics' doing little to boost hiring plans for fiscal 2014: survey
Nearly 60 percent of the nation's top companies plan to hire the same number of university graduates or more in spring 2014, the results of a survey released Sunday said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 22, 2013
Decline in average land prices slows
Average land prices declined in the 12 months to Jan. 1 for the fifth straight year, but the decrease was less on average, and price hikes were seen at far more locations than in the previous year, the government said Thursday.
JAPAN
Mar 21, 2013
12% of athletes suffered abuse: poll
Nearly 12 percent of athletes surveyed by the Japanese Olympic Committee say they have been subjected to violence or sexual harassment while competing in their respective sports.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 13, 2013
Large firms upbeat but outlay-wary
Business sentiment at large companies improved in the first quarter of 2013 thanks to a weaker yen and higher stock prices, but most remain wary of increasing capital expenditures, the government said Tuesday.
JAPAN
Feb 25, 2013
Abe Cabinet's approval rating soars to 72.8%: latest poll
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's Cabinet has become the first to exceed the 70 percent support rate threshold since September 2009, according to a new survey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 20, 2013
75% of schoolchildren against use, possession of quasi-legal drugs: poll
Only 13 percent of about 6,000 junior high and high school students in and around Tokyo think the use of "dappo habu" (quasi-legal drugs) is a matter of individual freedom, a poll showed Tuesday.
JAPAN / Society
Feb 17, 2013
Fewer back amending law to let spouses keep separate surnames: poll
Slightly more Japanese oppose allowing married couples to use separate family names than people who support changing the law, according to a new government survey.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 15, 2013
Toyota top brand among Japanese firms globally
Toyota Motor Corp. maintained first place in Japan's Best Global Brands rankings for the fifth straight year, U.S. consulting firm Interbrand Corp. said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2013
10% of young women still smoke after becoming pregnant
One of out every 10 women aged 24 or younger continues to smoke after becoming pregnant, an Environment Ministry survey said Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 22, 2010
Cost of education a drag on the economy
Trickle down effect 101: When the cost of education goes up, family spending goes down, and the economy with it.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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