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SURVEYS

JAPAN / Society
May 9, 2016
Parents' search for day care centers a drag, ministry finds in poll
Eighty-four percent of parents who wanted to put their child in a day care facility found the process of finding a spot "tiresome and a burden," according to a recent health ministry survey.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 12, 2015
Less sunny regions take top spots in beautiful skin ranking
Bad news for women on the Pacific side of the archipelago — prefectures on the Sea of Japan coast, often snowy and less sunny, took four of the top five spots in this year's national skin rankings, cosmetics maker Pola Inc. said Thursday.
JAPAN
Nov 12, 2015
Welfare ministry poll finds female temps who get pregnant, give birth face workplace harassment
Nearly half of female temp workers who became pregnant or gave birth while employed have experienced various forms of "maternity harassment" at the workplace, more than double the rate for those with full job status, the welfare ministry's first survey on the issue has found, indicating people in weaker...
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2015
Bullying reports rise amid stronger effort by schools, ministry says
Bullying cases reported by elementary schools hit a record 122,721 in the 2014-2015 school year, up by 3,973 from a year earlier.
JAPAN / Society
Sep 10, 2015
Child abuse cases soar to record high in first half of 2015
The number of child abuse cases in which the Japanese police took action rose to a record 376 in the first half of 2015, with more than 80 percent involving violent assault.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2015
Number of child pornography victims hits record high in Japan
The number of children under 18 who have become victims of child pornography in Japan rose to a record-high 383 in the first half of 2015, up 58 from the year before, a police report showed Thursday.
JAPAN
Sep 9, 2015
Japan ranks eighth in global survey on well-being of elderly
Japan was rated eighth in a global ranking of the social and economic well-being of elderly people in a survey released Wednesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 7, 2015
Abe unlikely to tackle hard reforms in next term: economists
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will stick to the politically palatable policies of government spending and easy money, the first and second 'arrows' of his 'Abenomics' recipe, economists say in a recent survey.
JAPAN / Society
Aug 25, 2015
Most in survey favor work-life balance but few inclined to use all of their paid holidays
As much as 40 percent of Japanese workers prioritize their jobs even though they want to balance their time for work and private life, according to a recent survey by a quasi-government organization.
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2015
Major firms expect economy to grow: survey
Some 88 percent of major Japanese companies surveyed expect the economy to grow by the end of 2015, and nearly half of them plan to boost capital spending in the business year through March, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday.
JAPAN / History
Aug 12, 2015
British public horrified at Hiroshima atomic bombing, surveys reveal
Many British people were horrified by the Hiroshima atomic bombing on Aug. 6, 1945, according to surveys conducted in the days and weeks after the U.S. attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jul 17, 2015
Young single Japanese less keen to have children
More single people in their 20s say they don't want any children, think it's costly and exhausting to raise them, and show little interest in kids in general, according to a new survey.
JAPAN
May 29, 2015
Nearly 60% of South Koreans view Japan as military threat: joint survey
About 58.1 percent of South Koreans view Japan as a military threat, up from 46.3 percent the previous year, now that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is moving to beef up postwar security policy, a survey said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2015
About 30% see Japan economy heading toward deterioration: poll
About 30 percent the public feels the economy is on the verge of deterioration, up 11.3 points from about a year ago, an opinion poll taken by the Cabinet Office says.
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 30, 2015
U.S. poll finds gaping chasm in views between public, scientists
American scientists and the general public hold vastly different views on key scientific issues including the role of people in causing climate change, the safety of genetically modified food, and evolution, a poll released on Thursday showed.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2014
Firms overwhelmingly want Abe to delay sales tax hike, poll shows
Companies overwhelmingly want Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to delay or scrap the consumption tax increase planned for next October, a Reuters poll shows, highlighting concerns the hike could derail a fragile recovery.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 5, 2014
Poll on national character finds love of Japan is increasing
The latest government survey on national character has found that 83 percent of Japanese, if they were to be reborn, would choose to live in Japan rather than anywhere else.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2014
Get your facts right: Italy, U.S. come bottom in modern life survey
Italians and Americans score worst when it comes to correctly assessing basic facts of modern life, such as what proportion of the population are immigrants or what percentage of teenage girls get pregnant.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2014
Japanese access to U.S. bases
Japan and the U.S. have agreed 'in substance' on a new accord that paves the way for on-site environmental surveys by Japanese authorities inside U.S. military bases.
JAPAN
Oct 20, 2014
Japan, U.S. agree on new base environment accord
The Japanese and U.S. governments have effectively agreed on a new accord that allows local Japanese officials to enter U.S. military bases to conduct environmental surveys of land expected to be returned to Japanese control.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
One dead, three missing as heavy rain batters Tohoku
Camera footage shows the Mogami River bursting its banks in Tozawa, Yamagata Prefecture, on Friday morning.
Brazil issues apology for persecuting Japan immigrants during WWII
Enea Almeida (right), chair of the Brazilian amnesty commission, shakes hands with the representative for Japanese immigrants on Thursday in Brasilia.
When did summer in Japan stop being fun?
Summer in Japan is now consistently brutal enough to drive you indoors and keep you there until autumn.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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