Japan: perceived importance of media as a source of information by type 2022

According to a survey conducted in Japan during fiscal year 2022, more than 82 percent of respondents stated that television is an important source of information. While more than three-quarters of respondents stated the same about the internet, the share of people who thought this way about newspapers and magazines was considerably lower.

Perceived importance of media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of medium

Characteristic	Share of respondents who think that the medium is an important source of information
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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

November 5 to 11, 2022*

Number of respondents

1,500 respondents

Age group

13-69 years

Method of interview

Questionnaire

Supplementary notes

*The source counts the answers of the survey conducted in November 2022 as figures for fiscal year 2022. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year.

Respondents were asked how important they regarded each medium as "a means to gain information (source of information)." There were five possible answers: "Very important," "Important to a certain degree," "Neither," "Not really important," "Absolutely not important." The values shown in this statistic represent the combined share of respondents who answered either "Very important" or "Important to a certain degree."

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