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Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy | by War Is Boring | War Is Boring | Medium

medium.com/war-is-boring/eating-too-much-rice-almost-sank-the-japanese-navy-f985772c81a6

• japan, tag
• vitamins, tag
• health, tag
• history, tag
• ·4 years ago

The Battle to Invent the Automatic Rice Cooker - Gastro Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-cooker-history

• food, tag
• cooking, tag
• history, tag
• japan, tag
• rice, tag
• ·4 years ago

Tokyo subway’s humble duct-tape typographer - Chris Gaul - Medium

medium.com/@chrisgaul/tokyo-subways-humble-duct-tape-typographer-a8c84bb6b99b

The story of a humble security guard and his hand-lettered subway signage.

• typography, tag
• design, tag
• japan, tag
• diy, tag
• grid, tag
• graphic_design, tag
• ·5 years ago

How Japan Has Virtually Eliminated Shooting Deaths - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/260189/

In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, the country has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.

• culture, tag
• gun, tag
• violence, tag
• laws, tag
• history, tag
• crime, tag
• japan, tag
• ·7 years ago

Why Japan's Rail Workers Can't Stop Pointing at Things - Atlas Obscura

atlasobscura.com/articles/pointing-and-calling-japan-trains

• culture, tag
• work, tag
• japan, tag
• safety, tag
• brain, tag
• management, tag
• psychology, tag
• train, tag
• ·7 years ago

The Oral History Of The Poop Emoji (Or, How Google Brought Poop To America)

fastcompany.com/3037803/the-oral-history-of-the-poop-emoji-or-how-google-brought-poop-to-america

• emoji, tag
• culture, tag
• japan, tag
• google, tag
• computing_history, tag
• ·10 years ago

Esper Domino

vimeo.com/17150420

• japan, tag
• domino, tag
• dominos, tag
• elektrik, tag
• gadget, tag
• interaktion, tag
• interface, tag
• japanese, tag
• object, tag
• objekt, tag
• ·13 years ago