Japan: perceived trustworthiness of media information by type 2021

In a survey conducted in Japan during fiscal year 2021, almost 63 percent of respondents stated that newspapers offer trustworthy information. While a slightly lower share of respondents stated the same about television, trust in the internet as well as magazines was considerably lower.

Perceived trustworthiness of media information in Japan in fiscal year 2021, by type of medium

Characteristic	Share of respondents who think that the medium offers trustworthy information
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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.

Respondents were asked to which degree each medium offered information that can be trusted. There were five possible answers: "One can trust all of it", "One can trust most of it", "About half and half", "One can only trust a part of it", "One cannot not trust it at all". The values shown in this statistic represent the combined share of respondents who answered either "One can trust all of it" or "One can trust most of it".

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