Large Japanese businesses remained optimistic in the first quarter, even as the United States threatened heavy tariffs on products made by these companies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/04/01/economy/boj-tankan-april-2025/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #boj #tankan #surveys #japaneseeconomy #inflation #carmakers #manufacturing #tariffs #tradewar #donaldtrump #us
Exposure to secondhand smoke during pregnancy more than doubles the risk of placental abruption, according to a study by a team from Tohoku University. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/science-health/research-secondhand-smoke-pregnancy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #smoking #passivesmoking #health #pregnancy #tohokuuniversity #surveys
Many needy households in Japan are considering reducing their living expenses to cover the necessary spending for their children enrolling in junior or senior high school in April, a survey has found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/society/needy-households-school-preparation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #schools #surveys #poverty #children #aid
Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood
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"Dating back to at least early 2023, a bizarre and alarming technical glitch – and yes, a hilarious one – started popping up in some organizations’ online surveys and forms, including our 2024 survey. A few Reddit users shared screenshots from a variety of surveys, where questions that should have offered answer options of 'yes' and 'no' instead offered the choices 'forks' and 'no.'"
About 30% of major Japanese companies have introduced or plan to introduce artificial intelligence in their employee recruitment activities, according to a survey by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/26/companies/recruiting-ai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #ai #jobs #surveys
The number of child abuse cases handled by child consultation centers across Japan reached a record high of 225,509 in fiscal 2023, up 10,666 from the previous year, the government said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/japan-child-abuse-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #childabuse #children #surveys #childrenandfamilyagency #japanesepolice
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s approval ratings continued to drop over the weekend as he faces backlash over doling out ¥1.5 million worth of gift vouchers to his fellow Liberal Democratic Party parliamentary members. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/24/japan/politics/ishiba-support-rate-tanks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #surveys #ldp #cdp #dpp #politicalfunds
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet has approved a strategy to battle online gaming addiction, including stronger crackdowns on payment collection agencies and affiliates who promote online casinos for commission. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/crime-legal/illegal-online-gaming-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #npa #gambling #casinos #surveys #japanesepolice
School doctors in Japan continue to risk complaints from parents about their children's body parts being exposed during checkups despite the education ministry undertaking measures to ease concerns over a year ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/school-health-checkups-trouble/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #mext #children #schools #health #doctors #surveys
A new study released for World Sleep Day on Friday finds that, on average, people in Japan get the least sleep among surveyed nations but may have the most regular sleep cycles. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/14/japan/science-health/sleep-day-japan-least/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #health #sleep #surveys #mentalhealth
The public disapproval rate for Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's cabinet rose 4.0 percentage points from the previous month to 44.1% in March, a Jiji Press opinion poll showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/japan/politics/ishiba-cabinet-disapproval-44/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #ldp #surveys #cabinet
About 3.37 million people in Japan are estimated to have used overseas online casinos, with the amount of money spent on the illegal gambling reaching some ¥1.2 trillion annually, a police survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/13/japan/japan-online-gambling-police-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #npa #gambling #casinos #surveys
A Jiji Press survey has revealed that 311, or 44%, of all 705 members of parliament think the country should introduce a selective dual surname system for married couples. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/08/japan/politics/japanese-lawmakers-back-dual-surname-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #women039sissues #diet #surveys #marriage #names #men039sissues #familyregistry #familylaw
The share of women among Japan's lawmakers was 15.7% as of last December, the lowest among the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations, an Inter-Parliamentary Union report has said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/07/japan/politics/share-of-female-lawmakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #women039sissues #surveys #diet
The number of births in Japan has fallen to another record low, underscoring the growing challenge of how to shoulder ballooning social security costs for an aging society. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/27/japan/fewest-births-new-record/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #parenthood #children #depopulation #surveys #familyplanning #taxes #mhlw
About 70% of foreign nationals in Japan have been subjected to police questioning on the streets in the past five years, nearly six times more than Japanese, a survey shows. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/society/japan-racial-profiling-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #discrimination #race
Japanese comedian Teruyoshi Uchimura and television announcer Asami Miura have topped the list of ideal male bosses and female bosses, respectively, for the ninth consecutive year, a survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/26/japan/ideal-bosses-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #teruyoshiuchimura #shoheiohtani #asamimiura #surveys
The Japanese passport is one of the strongest in the world, but only around 17% of the population holds one, considerably low compared to many Western countries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/25/japan/society/japan-passport-holders/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #passports #travel #yen #covid19injapan #foreignministry #surveys
