July 28, 2020
Keio University
Nagoya University of Commerce & Business
Professor Naoko Taniguchi of the Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University (Kohoku-ku, Yokohama), Dr. Plamen Akaliyski, a visiting researcher at the same graduate school, Associate Professor Juna Park of the Nagoya University of Commerce & Business Business School (Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture), and the Dentsu Institute (Minato-ku, Tokyo) conducted the first wave of the Japanese edition of the "Values in a Crisis Survey" on May 15 and 16, 2020. The survey revealed the experiences and anxieties of the Japanese people regarding COVID-19, their trust in the national government, heads of local governments, healthcare professionals, and the media, and their predictions for the future of the country, society, and economy. This was conducted during a period when some regions were under a state of emergency (Hokkaido, Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa, Osaka, Kyoto, and Hyogo prefectures) while it had been lifted in others. A summary of the results is as follows.
(1) Residents of prefectures under the state of emergency and younger people are more likely to have experienced the effects of COVID-19 on their health, work, and family (hereinafter referred to as "corona-related experiences").
(2) People with corona-related experiences, those who are generally prone to anxiety, and those with low levels of happiness experience greater anxiety.
(3) People who are anxious about COVID-19 have lower trust in the national government, heads of local governments, healthcare professionals, and the media.
(4) While some people feel a greater sense of "solidarity" with others during the COVID-19 crisis, those who are anxious tend to view others more critically.
(5) There is strong anxiety about the possibility of future infection and the future of the country and economy. There is also a demand for a stable society with a stable economy and welfare system.
We will conduct second and third waves of the survey during the "with/post-corona" period.
Please see below for the full press release.