Original question: "How many people in total can you rely on when you are in trouble, excluding family and relatives living with you? Please select only one."
Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding by the source.
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Number of reliable personal contacts when in trouble in Japan 2021
In a survey conducted in Japan in March 2021, more than one-quarter of the respondents stated that they did not have any personal contacts besides family and relatives living with them to rely on in times of trouble. Around **** percent reported knowing *** persons they could rely on in difficult times.
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Cabinet Office Japan. (September 1, 2021). Number of personal contacts people can rely on in times of trouble in Japan as of March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of personal contacts people can rely on in times of trouble in Japan as of March 2021." Chart. September 1, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/
Cabinet Office Japan. (2021). Number of personal contacts people can rely on in times of trouble in Japan as of March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/
Cabinet Office Japan. "Number of Personal Contacts People Can Rely on in times of Trouble in Japan as of March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/
Cabinet Office Japan, Number of personal contacts people can rely on in times of trouble in Japan as of March 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Number of personal contacts people can rely on in times of trouble in Japan as of March 2021 [Graph], Cabinet Office Japan, September 1, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1312850/japan-number-people-rely-on-times-trouble/
