Polling Japanese Students #10: Do you believe in ghosts? What about UFO’s? Have you seen one?

Welcome to the the tenth installment of Polling Japanese Students, the series of posts in which I post the results of surveys I gave to Japanese junior high school students. At the suggestion of Tadashi, I decided to ask students about their views on the paranormal. First I asked them about UFO’s:

And then I asked them about ghosts:

UFO belief failed to gain a majority, but the numbers were reversed when it came to ghosts. Belief in ghosts was particularly strong among the girls in the classes I asked. As one would expect, few of the believers had actually seen a ghost or UFO. Those who saw UFO’s mostly claimed to have seen them out the window of their house at some point, or over their neighborhood. Those who saw ghosts had seen them in various places, such as Kamakura and a shrine near the school.

As always, I am looking for new questions to ask the kids and I am open to your suggestions. Please post some in the comments!

Previous editions:

• Polling Japanese Students #9: Do you have a computer? Mac or PC? Do you use the internet?
• Polling Japanese Students #8: New Year’s Money (otoshidama)
• Polling Japanese Students #7: Famous historical figures….Do you know them?
• Polling Japanese Students #6: Is your mother a housewife?
• Polling Japanese Students #5: Smokers in the family
• Polling Japanese Students #4: What foreign country would you like to visit?
• Polling Japanese Students #3: PlayStation 3 vs. Nintendo Wii
• Polling Japanese Students #2: What’s your favorite country in Asia (aside from Japan)?
• Polling Japanese Students #1: PSP or DS? China or South Korea?