According to a survey conducted in November 2020 among locals of the 47 prefectures in Japan, people in Iwate and Akita were the least optimistic in the country, with only eleven percent claiming to be an optimistic person. The survey results revealed that residents in Okinawa were the most optimistic in the country, with approximately 30 percent of participants considering themselves an optimist.
Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020
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Sony Life Insurance. (December 11, 2020). Prefectures with the most optimistic residents in Japan as of November 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1088037/japan-prefectures-most-optimistic-residents/
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