Japan: perceived importance of newspapers as a source of information 2021

The share of people in Japan who think that newspapers are an important source of information amounted to 48.7 percent as of fiscal year 2021. The figure declined for the seventh year in a row.

Share of people who think that newspapers are an important source of information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2021

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Release date

August 2022

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

November 30 to December 6, 2021*

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 from November to December 2021 as figures for fiscal year 2021. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year. Figures for previous years are based on earlier surveys, each with a sample size of 1,500 respondents.
Data prior to fiscal year 2020 come from previous reporting.

Respondents were asked how important they regarded newspapers 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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