http://faqjapan.com Japan facts and Japan FAQs from Japan Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://faqjapan.com/what-kinds-of-shops-do-japanese-most-often-buy-pet-food-from/ http://faqjapan.com/what-kinds-of-shops-do-japanese-most-often-buy-pet-food-from/#comments Sat, 25 Sep 2010 14:55:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/what-kinds-of-shops-do-japanese-most-often-buy-pet-food-from/ The most popular was found to be home centres (DIY superstores), with just under half buying their pet food there. Supermarkets were next, with about a sixth shopping there, then internet mail order was the choice of just under 15%. The least popular (but the most surprising!) was 0.2% who chose electrical superstores as their main suppliers.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/what-kinds-of-shops-do-japanese-most-often-buy-pet-food-from/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-dog-food/ http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-dog-food/#comments Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:53:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-dog-food/ The top choice is of course price, with 56% driven by that. Next, 39% look at the basic ingredients, 33% the flavour (or whether their dog liked it before), and 32% the nutritional content. Recommendations from their vet was dead last, with just 11% paying particular attention to it.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-dog-food/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-most-popular-cat-and-dog-food-types-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-most-popular-cat-and-dog-food-types-in-japan/#comments Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:52:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-most-popular-cat-and-dog-food-types-in-japan/ Dried food tops the poll, with over nine in ten regularly feeding their pets with it. Almost half the cats also get canned food, and over a quarter get posh pouched meals. Dogs have a harder time with just one in five getting canned food, and 15% pouches.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-most-popular-cat-and-dog-food-types-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/who-are-the-top-dog-food-makers-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/who-are-the-top-dog-food-makers-in-japan/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:55:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/who-are-the-top-dog-food-makers-in-japan/ The top three manufacturers (who have many brands) are Unicharm, Japan Pet Food, and Hills, with a little over 60% of the market between them.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/who-are-the-top-dog-food-makers-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-biggest-health-worry-owners-have-for-their-dogs-or-cats-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-biggest-health-worry-owners-have-for-their-dogs-or-cats-in-japan/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:51:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-biggest-health-worry-owners-have-for-their-dogs-or-cats-in-japan/ Much like the human world, metabolic syndrome, obesity, comes top of the polls, with a quarter of dogs and almost a third of cats putting on the pounds. Skin disease is the next biggest worry for dog owners, and aging the next biggest for cat owners.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/whats-the-biggest-health-worry-owners-have-for-their-dogs-or-cats-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-cat-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-cat-in-japan/#comments Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:50:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-cat-in-japan/ A good old moggy is the most popular type of kitty, with more than two-thirds of cats of dubious parentage. Next was Japanese (three-coloured with a stubby tail) at 12.5%, then an Ame-sho, American Short Hair, at 7.9%.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-cat-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-dog-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-dog-in-japan/#comments Sun, 19 Sep 2010 14:50:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-dog-in-japan/ The top kind was a common or garden mongrel, with about one in six owning one. Next was a miniature dachshund with about the same percentage of owners, then a Shiba-inu (the dog from Hachi) at 8.6%.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/what-is-the-favourite-breed-of-dog-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-cat-food/ http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-cat-food/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:54:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-cat-food/ The top choice is of course price, with 59% driven by that. Next, 50% look at the basic ingredients (surprisingly 11 percentage points higher than dog owners), 32% the flavour (or whether their cat liked it before), and 30% the nutritional content. Recommendations from their vet was dead last, with just 12% paying particular attention to it.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/what-do-japanese-consumers-look-for-when-selecting-cat-food/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-big-dogs-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-big-dogs-in-japan/#comments Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:49:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-big-dogs-in-japan/ At the beginning of 2010, 9.5% had a labrador or dalmatian-sized dog, and another 1.2% had seriously large pet dogs such as a Saint Bernard.

]]> http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-big-dogs-in-japan/feed/ 0 http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-these-tiny-rat-dogs-that-you-see-far-too-often-in-japan/ http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-these-tiny-rat-dogs-that-you-see-far-too-often-in-japan/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 14:47:00 +0000 admin http://faqjapan.com/how-popular-are-these-tiny-rat-dogs-that-you-see-far-too-often-in-japan/ According to a survey from 2010 over two in five dog owners admitted to having a little chihuahua, dachshund, toy poodle, etc.

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