Surprising survey results. Compared to other countries, Japan has extremely few people who “believe in love.

【Announcing the results of “Global Fixed Point 2023,” the first eight-country survey in Japan, China, and ASEAN.】
https://www.hakuhodo.co.jp/news/newsrelease/103970/

・Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living conducted the first-ever Global Fixed Point Survey in eight countries to gain an understanding of people attitudes, values, and behaviors in Japan, China, and ASEAN countries.

・The survey targeted men and women aged 15-59. 11,000 people (11 areas x 1,000 people in each area)

・An analysis of Japanese characteristics in the eight-country comparison reveals a more pessimistic picture of Japanese people than in other countries, with “I want money,” “My future image is bleak,” and “I sometimes envy others” at the top of the list, and “I believe in love” and “I think my financial situation will get easier in the future” at the bottom. The survey revealed that Japanese people are more pessimistic than those in other countries.

These are the quotes from the article,

Japanese people, believe in love more!

According to the survey above, out of the eight countries (Japan, China, body, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore), Japan seems to believe in love the least.

I’m personally a little shocked.

Before we say much, let’s review this survey again.

＜I’m a relatively un-global environmentalist.＞

1st　Japan　67%
2nd　Singapore　22.4%
3rd　Malaysia　18.8%
4th　China＆Indonesia　12.2%
6th　Thailand　9.2%
7th　Philippines　5.9%
8h　Vietnam　3.2%

＜My image of my future is bleak.＞

1st　Japan　43.7%
2nd　Singapore　14.1%
3rd　Thailand　9.7%
4th　Malaysia　9.6%
5th　China　6.1％
6th　Vietnam　3.8%
7th　Indonesia　3.3%
8th　Philippines　2.7%

＜I’d rather have plenty of time off than a higher salary.＞

1st　Japan　59.8％
2nd　Singapore　48.7%
3rd　China　47.3%
4th　Malaysia　41.3%
5th　Vietnam　40.9%
6th　Thailand　38.5%
7th　Indonesia　33.6%
8th　Philippines　26.6%

＜I think socializing is a pain in the ass.＞

1st　Japan　44.5%
2nd　Singapore　27.3%
3rd　Thailand　21.7%
4th　Malaysia　18.7%
5th　Philippines　15.3%
6th　Indonesia　13.7%
7th　China　13.6%
8th　Vietnam　12%

＜I want money.＞

1st　Japan　60,6%
2nd　Thailand　49.6%
3rd　Malaysia　48.3%
4th　Singapore　45.9%
5th　Indonesia　44.2%
6th　Philippines　38.3%
7th　China　31.4%
8th　Vietnam　31%

＜I often envy others.＞

1st　Japan　24.4%
2nd　Philippines　10.1%
3rd　Malaysia　9%
4th　Singapore　6.9%
5th　China　6.7%
6th　Indonesia　6.6%
7th　Thailand　5.5%
8th　Vietnam　3.4%

＜I think my financial situation will be easier in the future.＞

1st　Vietnam　86.3%
2nd　Indonesia　85.9%
3rd　China　80.8%
4th　Philippines　79.4%
5th　Thailand　63.6%
6th　Malaysia　63.3%
7th　Singapore　56%
8th　Japan　11.3%

＜I believe in love.＞

1st  Philippines　78.4%
2nd  Malaysia　48.1%
3rd  Singapore　47.3%
4th  Vietnam　44.8%
5th  Indonesia　44.5%
6th  China　39.4%
7th  Thailand　38.2%
8th  Japan　17.3%

＜I want to spend more time with my family.＞

1st  Indonesia  76.4%
2nd Philippines  76.2%
3rd  Malaysia  69.4%
4th  Vietnam  66.9%
5th  Singapore  60.4%
6th  Thailand  57%
7th  China  52.5%
8th  Japan  28.2%

＜Equal sharing of household chores, child-rearing, work, and other roles between husband and wife (answers only from married couples）＞

1st  Thailand  67.6%
2nd  Vietnam  64.7%
3rd  Indonesia  54.4%
4th  Philippines  49.2%
5th  Malaysia  44.9%
6th  China  44%
7th  Singapore  41.9%
8th  Japan  21.9%

＜I exercise for fitness and health.＞

1st  Indonesia  63%
2nd  Philippines  54.8%
3rd  China  51.1%
4th  Malaysia  50.4%
5th  Vietnam  50.3%
6th  Singapore  48.8%
7th  Thailand  47.3%
8th  Japan  23.9%

＜Children would be better off taking care of their parents financially in their old age＞

1st  Malaysia  39.3%
2nd  Vietnam  39%
3rd  Singapore  37.9%
4th  Indonesia  33.8%
5th  China  33.2%
6th  Thailand  30.6%
7th  Philippines  25.2%
8th  Japan  8.3%

These are the results of the survey.

I have quoted at length, but the most disturbing point is the extremely low percentage of Japanese who “believe in love”.

Though I’m curious about a lot more than just the “I believe in love” part,

The economy goes up and down, and there are many ways and forms of families and couples, so to some extent we can turn a blind eye.

Just, however!

Any way you look at it, the fact that only 17% “believe in love” can only be taken pessimistically.

Japan is said to have lost 20 or 30 years, and negative news is always coming out, so it is inevitable that Japanese people become anxious, gloomy, and negative to some extent, but when it comes to love, well………………. But when it comes to love, well, love is always important, no matter what time of year it is, isn’t it?

So you know love is important, but you don’t believe in love?

Rebuild Japan! We will restore the economy!” We often hear these words,

But I think it is more important to “increase the number of Japanese people who can believe in love,

(I also think that if there are more people like that, Japan will turn around and be rebuilt.)

Let us live with love.

Let’s live believing in love.

(Maybe such an act of love by each one of us will increase the number of Japanese who believe in love)

See you then.

The economy and the economy may be down in some areas, but I don’t think love should be down.

Love is universal and essential.