The share of people in Japan who think that the internet offers trustworthy information amounted to almost 30 percent in fiscal year 2020. Despite some fluctuations, the internet was consistently trusted as a source of information by about one third of survey respondents in the recent years.
Share of people who think that the internet offers trustworthy information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2020
*The source counts the answers of the survey conducted in January 2021 as figures for fiscal year 2020. Figures for previous years are based on earlier surveys, each with a sample size of 1,500 respondents.
Data prior to fiscal year 2019 come from previous reporting.
Respondents were asked to which degree the internet 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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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (August 25, 2021). Share of people who think that the internet offers trustworthy information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 22, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272170/japan-trustworthiness-of-internet-information/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of people who think that the internet offers trustworthy information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2020." Chart. August 25, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272170/japan-trustworthiness-of-internet-information/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2021). Share of people who think that the internet offers trustworthy information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 22, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272170/japan-trustworthiness-of-internet-information/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of People Who Think That The Internet Offers Trustworthy Information in Japan from Fiscal Year 2012 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272170/japan-trustworthiness-of-internet-information/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Share of people who think that the internet offers trustworthy information in Japan from fiscal year 2012 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1272170/japan-trustworthiness-of-internet-information/ (last visited January 22, 2022)
