Main reasons not to purchase goods in bulk due to COVID-19 Japan 2020, by gender

According to a survey conducted by Rakuten Insight in April 2020 on panic buying after the coronavirus outbreak, a majority of both female and male respondents in Japan stated that they did not stock up on items because they trusted that supermarkets would have enough supplies. At a slightly higher share than men, about 14 percent of female respondents did not stockpile because they had enough food items at home. 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.

根据乐天洞察（Rakuten Insight）于2020年4月进行的关于新冠疫情爆发后恐慌性购买行为的调查，绝大多数日本受访女性和男性均表示，她们并未进行囤积物品，因为她们相信超市会有充足的供应。在女性受访者中，有超过男性的比例，大约14%的人表示没有囤积，因为她们家中已有足够的食品。在同一调查中，大约95%的日本受访者指出，他们并未因新冠疫情而进行恐慌性购买。