Even though the economy is mired in recession, a strong majority of Japanese business people describe themselves as “happy” according to a new survey from Nielsen Japan in collaboration with Aera Style Magazine.  In an online survey of 1,000 men, aged 25 to 49, 71 percent said they were happy.  Of those who said they felt “needed in their company,” 76 percent were happy, while only 48 percent of those who did not feel needed at work were similarly joyful.
Job security did not, somewhat surprisingly, affect an individual’s happiness as …

As the world grapples with a global recession and financial markets remain volatile, many people are reminding themselves that money can’t buy happiness. Men however, beg to differ.
Results of a global happiness survey from The Nielsen Company reveal that men are happier with money, while women are happier with friendships and relationships with their children, co-workers and bosses.
“Because they are happier with non-economic factors, women’s happiness is more recession-proof, which might explain why women around the world are happier in general than men are,” said Bruce Paul, VP Consumer Research, …