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Nintendo Workers Top Poll of Who Japanese Female Students Want to Marry
posted on by Egan Loo
According to a poll from the business services company Riskmonster and RJC Research, the game maker Nintendo tops the list of companies that Japanese female students want to their future husbands to work at. The poll was conducted online from September 10 to September 12 among 500 men and women from 20 to 64 years old.
The top workplace overall in the poll for spouses (or future spouses) was the electronics conglomerate Panasonic with a comparative score of 26.8, followed by the car maker Toyota Motor (23.2), the electronics maker Sony (23.2), the wireless service NTT Docomo (22.8), and the electronics maker Sharp (22.4). When asked why, the top free-response answers included "to hold a steady job," "future prospects," and "pay is good."
However, Japanese female and male students ranked their future spouses' companies differently:
Female Students
| Rank | Company | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo | 36.0 |
| 2 | Sony | 34.0 |
| 3 | Toyota Motor | 30.0 |
| 3 | Sharp | 30.0 |
| 5 | Toshiba | 28.0 |
| 6 | NTT Docomo | 26.0 |
| 6 | Toto | 26.0 |
| 8 | Rakuten | 24.0 |
| 9 | NEC | 22.0 |
| 9 | Panasonic | 22.0 |
Male Students
| Rank | Company | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NTT Docomo | 22.0 |
| 1 | Mizuho Bank | 20.0 |
| 3 | Sony | 22.0 |
| 3 | Mitsui Sumitomo Banking | 20.0 |
| 3 | NTT Japan | 20.0 |
| 3 | UNIQLO | 20.0 |
| 7 | NEC | 18.0 |
| 7 | Toyota Motor | 18.0 |
| 7 | Fujitsu | 18.0 |
| 7 | Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ Bank | 18.0 |
Source: Inside Games via My Game News Flash]
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