7% of Japanese Have No Friends
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Oct 29, 2009 12:36 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Hikikomori, Internet, Otaku, Relationships, Ronery, Statistics
There is some surprise at the results of a survey which suggest as many as 6.7% of Japanese questioned have no friends at all…
The survey, with over 13,000 participants, found 6.7% of respondents had no friends at all, whilst 22.2% had 3-4, 20.6% had 5-6, and 23.8% had over 11.
Friends were mostly made at high school (55.4%) and at work (52.4%), as well as at university (38.1%) and middle and elementary school (34.1%/24.3%), with hobby related connections trailing at 25.1%. 8% came from online acquaintances.
Curiously, 17.1% of respondents stated they found such relationships “troublesome”…
Similar figures for other countries are not hard to come by – 2003 Gallup polls of Americans asked “Not counting your relatives, about how many close friends would you say you have?” yielded an average of 8.6 friends:
0 – 2%
1 – 6%
2 – 8%
3 – 11%
4 – 11%
5 – 17%
6-9 – 18%
10+ – 27%
Whether a “close friend” equates to a “tomodachi” in Japanese culture is open to question (as is whether Japanese actually agree on what a “friend” is), but it certainly seems the social circles of some Japanese are shrinking… Just how many of these are actual hikikomori and otaku is not known.
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I see the social conection attitude in Japan is just fine
the only problem is sadistic money starving bitches xD
Friend
a person attached to another by feelings of affection or personal regard.
I don't have any of those either. I have hundreds of people who follow me around, many who share the same interests and enjoy eachother's company, and large group that I get along with and spend time with.
None even match that definition. There is a point where you get too fucking cool to have friends because everybody but you pretty much sucks.
Which brings us to the point that, with an attitude like that, you wouldn't get any friends even if you tried.
Will those hundreds of people who follow him around still do so when he gets out of prison?
I LOLed soo fucking hard. ^^
lol pwnt. :P
Otaku's friends are the anime...
Don't bullshit me. You know exactly what I'm talking about. I'm cooler and more handsome than everybody so I don't have anybody to play Xbox with like you might all day Anon.
You're 11, right?
more like 8
Male jealousy. The most easily ignited phenomenon. Tell me more about how you wish you were as amazing as I am.
One word: Narcissist.
Nothing wrong with that IMHO, they're just honest enough to admit it.
I have plenty of friends (I'm in high school), but honestly I prefer to be by myself alot of the time as well. I somehow doubt that the majority of friendless Japanese are bereft of friends because they prefer to be alone though.
People are shallow, real friendship is hard to come by, so if these people are in such a situation, I don't think it's such a bad thing to reject others.
Don't mind me, just a little nihilistic rambling.
i dont think i got any true close friends... i have friends... but none that are truly close... you kinda lose contact after you travel around, and when you meet up it just becomes a "hey, how have you been"
its once said, in a guys life, if he ever has 1 'true' friend, hes doing good,
you all think you have best friends, but only time will tell
I couldnt agree more! wise words have been spoken folks
gotta give some credit to u EroMango, especially to ur "wise words"
i mean im doing quite well with all my highschool buddys and all and i dont have a prob being on good terms with ppl, in case i dont dislike them of course
prob is, i tend to easily dislike ppl lol
all in all i would say ive like 15 buddies i can have a good time with, but im only really close to like 3-4 of them, but whats worse is that 2 of them (who also happen to be the ones ive known the longest) dont even know that i like anime/manga
so yeah i dont have someone i can really call a "true" friend, a true friend for me would be someone i can hang around with and have some fun time with all the time, probably like a twin to be more precise
ah damn had some nice post lined up but its gone damnit
anyway i dont know if ive anyone i can call a "true" friend, i mean i dont have much of a prob being on good terms with ppl but i also dont have a prob being on bad terms with ppl ya know
all in all i have like 15 buddies i can have a fun time with but i would only consider 3-4 of them as close friends and whats worse, 2 of them (who also happen to be the ones ive known for the longest) dont even know that i like anime/manga, which is kind of sad ive to say myself
so yeah no "true" friend over here, a true friend for me would be someone i can hang out with and have some fun time with all the time, and with whom i can talk about anything, like a twin brother i would say to be more precise
i had some really close/good friends some time ago but then i had to move and inet wasnt all that common back then so meh...
Man that made me feel depressed and hopeless, thanks for breaking my denial bubble.
Your comment sounds a bit narcissistic to me.
Now the real question is, how many of those "friends" these people consider actually treat them as friends in return? How many of those people are delusional?
Imagine for a moment that you fuck up and are left on the street with no money. How many people do you know that would do their utmost to get you back on your feet again? That's how many friends you have.
I was sure that this figure would be higher.
Either that or a good percentage didn't want to click the zero option.
so otakus dont consider each other friends?
Otakus don't need friends. They have waifus.
A cat is fine too.
Maybe even better.
Hard Gay is fine too.
Hard Gay?! o.O
No.... just..... no.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMt3aEy5PS4
Do you mean this "hard gay"? I'd definitely get along with someone like him.
オケー。 ホーーー！
maybe a cat waifu
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rofl wtf saved :D
Some fuckbuddies are nice, though...
Who needs friends anyway?
You can buy one at a 1/7 scale at Akihabara and it will be your friend for eternity!
Or extend your love to dakimuras....=)
Friends are annoying they take your time of watching anime by phoning you or wanting favors.
Actually you can watch anime together with friends.
That's hard. First they have to like anime. Second they have to like the same anime. And third there is a big possibility that you will just end up talking shit and be unable to really watch carefully.
Usually when is something i like and i want to give it my full attention i prefer watching it alone.
I wish I had female friends. We could watch Hentai together.
FEMALE FRIENDS DO NOT WORK THAT WAY.
True story, RopeXPantsu know shit about females.
Untrue.
You need:
a) A girl you can watch anime with. These are not hard to -find- at all, the questionable part is how many of them make good girlfriends.
b) Have a relationship with girl a) that is relaxed enough that you'd also watch porn together. I never did that before, but I'm told by several (sometimes married) couples that they do watch porn.
c) Combine a) + b)
d) ???
e) Profit!
i hope online friends weren't counted... it's just so sad being alone o__o
OF COURSE ONLINE FRIENDS COUNT.
I guess Myspace, Facebook, etc. isn't popular in Japan or internet friends didn't count.
(for the record social networking sites suck)
i think net friend isnt count.and i agree with ur () statement
I think some net friends can count if you know them long enough and make a bond. I had met someone while playing Starcraft and we've been friends since, I consider him one of my best friends in regards to even real life friends.
Wrong, the second you start relying on the internet, you should just unplug and fucking get a life
Not if you are going out for drinks, or to ball games, or movies, or even hooking up.
It depends on what you do with people you "meet" online.
"Wrong, the second you start relying on the internet, you should just unplug and fucking get a life"
Define life.
"Define life."
Something that HARDKOAR obviously doesn't have.
Well, you see, Life is often displayed on the HUD of your screen, usually found on the bottom of your screen, as a number between 0 and 100. In recent games however, there is a lack of this number, and instead, you simply have a set amount of health that can regenerate.
I love you so much right now hudabigbadwolf, if I could +1 you any harder I would.
Facepalm and Emospace aren't worth the time, Palmtop.
What you have is a bunch of faggots and squeeing fangirls.... y'know what? Scratch that: They're all faggots. I've actually tried an Emospace account... and was less than thrilled with the results. Messages from people wanting me to check out the fucking bands they're interested, or the band they're actually with. There's not enough time in any given day to answer them all, and they wind up going away in a tiff when you take too long to reply. Fucking duchebags.
Granted, not everyone at those sites are like that, but your mileage will often vary.
To be honest, I found it more worthwhile to crank up one of my games, like Princess Waltz or The Sagara Family, than blogging in general. If anyone wants to get and maintain a close circle of internet friends at one of those types of places, hell.... knock yourselves out. :)
As for me? I'll be eagerly awaiting the arrival of Al-Azif when Demonbane finally comes to the shores of the US. ^^
I have over 70 people on my Facebook, yet only 4 or 5 of those I would call 'friend'.
I think 'social networking' tools cheapen friendship these days. They inflate everyone's self-importance by ensuring your daily mundane UNINTERESTING life can be advertised to anyone.