52% of Japanese don’t have a problem with counterfeit brand goods and pirated movies
A majority of Japanese adults now believe that it is acceptable to buy counterfeit brand goods or pirated music and movies:
A survey released Thursday by the Cabinet Office showed 52.4 percent of those polled said buying counterfeit products such as brand name bags, watches, CDs and DVDs is acceptable, up 7.2 percentage points from a previous survey in 2006.
Those who replied that counterfeit products should not be bought no matter what declined 7.5 percent to 39.9 percent in the survey conducted in September. The figures are based on replies given by 59 percent of a total of 3,000 people aged 20 or older.
Why anyone would even think about buying pirated music and movies seems a bit strange in a country with top notch broadband internet, but I guess some folks still prefer online auctions or good ol’ fashioned shady street vendors.
Update: Check What Japan Thinks for more details on the survey!
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Here is the link to the report.
http://www8.cao.go.jp/survey/tokubetu/h20/h20-chizai.pdf
I think the questions are rather misleading.
Question 1.
Have you ever heard of someone around you who knowingly bought counterfeit brand goods from overseas or through the internet?
Question 2.
What do you think of the acts of knowingly buying counterfeit brand goods? (Chose one.)
-Such acts should not be done no matter what. (39.9%)
-Since they are cheaper, such acts cannot be helped. (27.3%)
(仕方がない in original language)
-Since they have different features form the original, such acts cannot be helped. (7.5%)
-Since they are sold openly, such acts cannot be helped. (17.6%)
-Other. Specify (). (2.1%)
-Cannot answer. (5.5%)
If someone answers yes to Q1, he would most likely answer “cannot be helped” in Q2, thinking, “Oh, my friend is not to blame.” If Q2 had been “Do you buy counterfeit brand goods?” the results would have been totally different.
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Yea i live in kandai and i theres alot of things japanese people seem not to care about.for example, drinking ages or passing out drunk in the middle of the street at night, or speed limits, or rational prices for pitches of beer at bars
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I don’t see how this is much different from the popular opinion in other, even industrialized, countries. I think the Figma Mikuru I just bought cheap(ish) off ebay is a bootleg (albiet a pretty decent one.)
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When buying them, people can still play “innocent” and say they thought it was a geniuine version of WindowsXP they just bought for 100yen..
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I’ve now translated the original survey, and as stereo says, it’s a pretty poor set of questions.
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amazing how the online poll shows similar results..
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