Only 40 percent of Japanese respondents stated that being forgiving contributes to some extent to their personal happiness, according to a survey conducted in June 2019 by Ipsos on happiness. Among 28 countries surveyed, Japan showed the lowest share of respondents claiming to gain happiness from forgiving other people.
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Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019
Original question: "Forgiving someone for something: Does or could give me greatest happiness, does or could give me some happiness, doesn't or couldn't make me happy or happier, does not apply to me."
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Ipsos. (August 26, 2019). Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/
Ipsos. "Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019." Chart. August 26, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/
Ipsos. (2019). Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/
Ipsos. "Opinion on Being Forgiving as Source of Personal Happiness among People in Japan as of June 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/
Ipsos, Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/ (last visited July 08, 2025)
Opinion on being forgiving as source of personal happiness among people in Japan as of June 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, August 26, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1065482/japan-opinion-being-forgiving-happiness-level/