According to a survey conducted in Japan during fiscal year 2022, 31.7 percent of the respondents use social media as a source of information about current events. An almost equally high share of respondents answered that they use social media to gain information about public entertainment and amusement.
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*The source counts the answers of the survey conducted in November 2022 as figures for fiscal year 2022. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year.
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (June 23, 2023). Share of people who use social media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of information [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of people who use social media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of information." Chart. June 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2023). Share of people who use social media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of information. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 01, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of People Who Use Social Media as a Source of Information in Japan in Fiscal Year 2022, by Type of Information." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Share of people who use social media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of information Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c (last visited July 01, 2024)
Share of people who use social media as a source of information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by type of information [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), June 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299489/japan-social-media-use-source-of-information-by-type-of-information/?session=debe92cb4e54b5621f8c9796447b745c