According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in April 2020 on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak, a majority of Japanese respondents stated that they did not stock up on items because they trusted that supermarkets would have enough supplies. In the same survey, around 95 percent of all Japanese respondents indicated that they had not engaged in panic buying because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
I trust that there would be enough supplies in the supermarket
53%
I do not think it is socially responsible to hoard food and essential items during this time
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Rakuten Insight. (May 8, 2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020." Chart. May 8, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. (2020). Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight. "Leading Reasons Not to Buy Goods in Bulk Due to Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19) in Japan as of April 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 8 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
Rakuten Insight, Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Leading reasons not to buy goods in bulk due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan as of April 2020 [Graph], Rakuten Insight, May 8, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119889/japan-reasons-against-stockpiling-after-coronavirus-outbreak/
