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Nearly 75% of store clerks in Japan feel stress from earphones on customers, according to survey

• Master Blaster
  Sep 12, 2025
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But earphones don’t stress people out; people do.

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • customer service • earphones • headphones • Lalande • Softbank • Surveys)

Survey finds obesity rates fell, but eyesight worsened among Japanese schoolchildren

• Shannon
  Jul 23, 2022

Don’t take P.E. for granted ever again, kids.

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• Japan
• (elementary school • eyesight • high school • Japanese schools • Japanese students • junior high school • obesity • obesity in Japan • obesity rates • Smartphones • Surveys • trends)

Survey suggests about half of Japanese companies has an “old guy who does nothing”

• Master Blaster
  Jun 7, 2022

Well, nothing’s not going to just get done by itself.

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• Japan
• (business • employment • ojisan • Shikigaku • Surveys • working • workplaces)

How many favorite voice actors do Japanese high school kids have and who are they?

• Krista Rogers
  Jan 7, 2022

Survey sheds light on who the most popular voices in anime are among boys and girls these days.

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• Japan
• (anime • favorites • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese students • seiyu • seiyuu • students • Surveys • voice actors)

How often do Japanese high school kids watch anime, and do boys and girls watch the same series?

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 31, 2021

Survey compiles lists of top 10 anime male and female high school students are following.

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• Japan
• (anime • high school students • high schools • Japanese high schools • Japanese students • students • Surveys)

Prefectural rivalry in Japan: Survey reveals which areas compete against each other, and why

• Oona McGee
  Dec 27, 2021

Competition between prefectures is real, and there’s a reason why it happens.

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• Japan
• (culture • Hokkaido • Okinawa • Osaka • prefectures • rivalry • Shimane • Surveys • Tokyo • Tottori • tourism • tourist sites • travel)

Japan’s most annoying train behaviours: Passengers reveal the things that irk them most

• Oona McGee
  Dec 23, 2021

Stay on everyone’s good side with these pointers on Japanese train etiquette.

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• Japan
• (commuting • etiquette • Japan Private Railway Association • Japanese trains • manners • railways • Surveys • train manners • trains • transport • travel)

Over half of Japanese newlyweds haven’t been bothering with a wedding ceremony

• Master Blaster
  Nov 17, 2021

Billy Idol might say it’s not a nice day for a white wedding.

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• Japan
• (COK • coronavirus • COVID-19 • honeymoons • marriage • relationships • romance • society • Surveys • weddings)

New survey reveals which Studio Ghibli heroine Japanese audiences relate to the most

• Katy Kelly
  Sep 2, 2021

How will your favorite leading lady from Studio Ghibli’s library stack up?

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• Japan
• (1screen • animation • anime • heroines • Kiki's Delivery Service • movies • My Neighbor Totoro • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • Surveys)

Survey ranks the most desirable neighborhoods to live in Japan’s Kansai region

• Shannon
  May 26, 2020

Here’s where to live the dream in Japan’s western region.

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• Japan
• (Housing • Kansai • Osaka • Surveys • Suumo)

Japanese Valentine’s Day surveys: women likely to succeed at confessing, men split on chocolate

• Katy Kelly
  Feb 10, 2020

Dating website Matching App University brings us some sentimental survey stats, just in time for the year’s most lovey-dovey holiday.

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• Japan
• (dating • love • romance • Surveys • Valentine's • Valentine's Day)

Do Japanese people like Dr. Pepper? Online poll seeks the truth, gets 28,000 responses

• Dale Roll
  Dec 7, 2019

The results are surprising..but make sense if you think about it.

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• Japan
• (Dr. Pepper • drinks • pop • society • soda • soft drink • soft drinks • Surveys)

Could you marry an otaku? Japanese people rank the geek hobbies they’d let slide for love

• SoraNews24
  Nov 17, 2019

Where do you sit on the otaku dating ladder?

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• Japan
• (anime • dating • love • manga • marriage • otaku • polls • relationships • romance • Surveys)

Do Japanese people kiss on the first date? Survey investigates

• Oona McGee
  May 24, 2018

The poll was conducted as part of celebrations to commemorate Kiss Day in Japan.

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• Japan
• (dating • Japanese women • Kiss Day • love • marriage • romance • Surveys)

More Japanese schoolgirls think themselves overweight than those in China, Korea or the U.S.

• Richard Simmonds
  Apr 3, 2018

Japanese high school girls may be some of the thinnest in the world, but more than half think they’re fatties, and only a third are happy with their bodies.

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• Japan
• (diet • fatties • food culture • high school • Japanese schoolgirls • Surveys)

How long and how often do Japanese women bathe? Survey investigates

• Oona McGee
  Nov 1, 2017

Responses suggest many women don’t have time to bathe every day anymore.

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• Japan
• (bathing • baths • culture • Japanese women • Surveys • tradition • women)

The secret lives of Japanese families: 8 unusual household rules revealed

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2017

From bathtime rituals to unconventional eating habits, these families take pride in upholding their unique traditions.

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• Japan
• (culture • families • homes • relationships • Surveys • tradition)

Which Japanese anime character should be Prime Minister of Japan?

• Oona McGee
  Oct 24, 2017

Survey reveals the top ten candidates who fans believe have what it takes to lead the country.

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• Japan
• (anime • anime characters • characters • elections • manga • politics • polls • prime minister • Surveys)

Japan’s top 10 dog names for 2017

• Oona McGee
  Oct 19, 2017

Looking for a name for your pooch? Take some inspiration from these adorable Japanese pet monikers.

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• Japan
• (cute • dogs • pet names • pets • polls • Surveys)

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