Almost half of Japanese grade-school girls have never heard of 'programming'

> Unfortunately, the researchers didn’t give any figures as to how familiar grade-school boys are with the term “programming,” likely due to Chara Parfait’s readership being heavily female, and so it’s hard to say whether the girls’ responses have been influenced by their gender, or simply reflect an overall aspect of children in Japanese society.

The article also doesn't compare Japan with any other country.

So, it's hard to draw any meaningful conclusions at all from this article.