The five-year survival rate for male and female patients in Japan who were diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between 2012 and 2015 came to 10.7% and 10.2%, respectively. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/japan/science-health/pancreatic-cancer-survival-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #cancer #health #surveys
Japanese private think tank Genron NPO has put off the announcement of the results of a Japan-China joint opinion poll, previously set for Monday, officials said, amid a diplomatic spat between the two nations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/japan-china-poll-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chinajapanrelations #china #taiwan #sanaetakaichi #surveys
A survey of researchers on Japan's retrial system has found that all 19 respondents support a proposed ban on prosecutors' ability to appeal a court's decision to initiate a retrial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/japan/crime-legal/retrial-system-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #surveys #justiceministry
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's summit diplomacy with the United States, China and South Korea has won her high marks from respondents of an opinion poll by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/politics/jiji-poll-takaichi-diplomacy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #surveys #donaldtrump #xijinping #leejaemyung #ldp #nipponishinnokai
Over 60% of residents near the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture do not believe the conditions for restarting the facility have been met, a survey by the prefectural government showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/japan/kashiwazaki-kariwa-restart-negative/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kashiwazakikariwa #niigata #nuclearenergy #surveys
The Justice Ministry is assessing through an expert panel the impact of tougher penalties for the crime of insult three years after their enforcement through a penal code revision. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/10/japan/crime-legal/japan-crime-of-insult-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #justiceministry #socialmedia #surveys #penalcode
Tokyo has been ranked as the world’s richest city — ahead of New York, London and Los Angeles — thanks to its smooth operations, technology, economic governance and GDP. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/10/economy/tokyo-worlds-richest-city-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #tokyo #surveys #gdp
The cost of sending children to school in Japan is continuing to increase, with the average price of just uniforms for first-year junior high and high school students rising by about ¥10,000 from last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/society/school-expenses-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #education #schools #surveys #savethechildren #poverty
A nickname for ChatGPT, Trump tariffs and words related to the election of Japan’s first female prime minister have been nominated for 2025’s buzzword of the year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/japan/society/buzzword-nominees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #media #language #socialmedia #surveys #theosakaexpo #bears #inflation
Prices of 143 products from 195 major food and beverage makers in Japan are set to rise in November, down 58.4% from a year earlier and marking the first decline in 11 months. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/31/economy/food-price-rise-november/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #food #surveys #wages #snacks
NHK and newspapers are considered the most trustworthy news sources, according to the Japan Press Research Institute. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/online-news-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #newspapers #media #surveys #television #nhk
A record number of workers applied for mental health-related compensation in fiscal 2024, according to health ministry data released Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/japan/society/karoshi-white-paper/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #mhlw #overwork #surveys #jobs #karoshi #mentalhealth
The number of suicides among students in elementary to high school hit a record in 2024, with the figure for those in their 20s also remaining high, underscoring the need to beef up care, health ministry data showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/students-suicide-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #suicide #students #children #mhlw #mentalhealth #surveys
Total costs to raise a child in Japan rise when they start junior high school or high school, a study by the National Center for Child Health and Development found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/japan/society/child-rearing-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #children #inflation #surveys #education
With the election of Sanae Takaichi as prime minister this week, Japan joined the ranks of countries that have had a woman serve as head of state or government since World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/japan/politics/japan-among-80-nations-with-female-leader/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #ldp #women039sissues #margaretthatcher #surveys
Potential homebuyers in Tokyo are divided on their property purchasing plans as surging living costs add to affordability concerns, according to a survey. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/economy/tokyo-homebuyers-purchase-plans/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #realestate #japaneseeconomy #surveys #inflation
More than 40% of respondents support Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, visiting the war-related Yasukuni Shrine if she becomes prime minister, according to an opinion poll by Jiji Press. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/takaichi-war-shrine-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #surveys #yasukunishrine
An opinion poll for October showed that 43.8% of respondents will support Japan's new Cabinet that would be formed by Sanae Takaichi, the leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, if she becomes prime minister. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/takaichi-public-support-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #ldp #cabinet #surveys
The internet has become the main source of daily news in Japan, overtaking commercial television for the first time, a survey by the Japan Press Research Institute has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/12/japan/society/japan-internet-top-news-source/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #internet #media #newspapers #japanesetv #surveys
More than half of needy pregnant women and new mothers in Japan said that they have no savings, a survey by Save the Children Japan showed on Friday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/pregnant-women-savings/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #poverty #pregnancy