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A survey on your image of Kansai. I got sent the URL at work with a request that I fill it in, but I got halfway then stalled from boredom!

If you're made of sterner stuff than me, feel free to have a go. read more »
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Of all the surveys on WhatJapanThinks.com, this has to be one of the most unusual. Japanese men were asked what they would do if they were a woman. I am amazed that the second most popular answer was "Have a baby". I would have thought that was a good reason NOT to be a woman. Can you guess what read more »
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A recent Goo survey asks the question, What do you think Japan has too much of these days? It's good to see the Japanese are well aware of their own flaws. I added a few of my own answers to the list, but what else would you add? read more »
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Ken recently posted survey results on blood types and fortune telling in Japan. He notes that a clear majority of Japanese know their blood type and over half of them believe it is related to one's character. I'd like to ask similar questions to JapanSoc members:

1) Do you know your blood type read more »
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Ken has translated the results of a survey about goals people didn't achieve last year. Interestingly, the top 6 are identical to the previous year, and they are: save money, lose weight, clean the house, go on holiday, invest in stocks, and surprise, surprise, improve language skills! My favorite read more »
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What Japan Thinks gives us some telling satistics about people's attitude to immigration. According to a recent survey, 62% thought the nation's unique cultural identity would suffer with further immigration. However, that statistic is actually from the UK, not Japan! Ken goes on to say that 65% read more »
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JapanProbe has covered the story of the year - Almost half of Japanese men sit down to pee, most because they have a poor aim and their wives have henpecked them into doing so: "About 40 percent of adult Japanese men sit on the toilet to urinate — a staggering figure almost three times the number read more »
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