According to a survey conducted in November 2020 among locals of the 47 prefectures in Japan, people in Iwate and Akita were the least optimistic in the country, with only eleven percent claiming to be an optimistic person. The survey results revealed that residents in Okinawa were the most optimistic in the country, with approximately 30 percent of participants considering themselves an optimist.
Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020
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Sony Life. (December 11, 2020). Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 01, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/
Sony Life. "Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020." Chart. December 11, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/
Sony Life. (2020). Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 01, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/
Sony Life. "Prefectures with The Most Optimistic Residents in Japan as of November 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/
Sony Life, Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/ (last visited June 01, 2023)
Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020 [Graph], Sony Life, December 11, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/