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Bilingual with Priority
When it concern the safety of children, warning signs are provided in multiple languages. The image above, from a slide placed in a playground in Tokyo, and below, from a public charging station in...
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The Internet Device for Japanese Children
Nikkei BP online released a survey results concerning the children’s Internet usage in March 2010. According to the release, the very first Internet device children own are: Nintendo DS, 62.9% Other...
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Sugar for Tea?
The answer for the question in Japan for Japanese tea, would definitely be a no. But here in China, the answer depends. Like here, in a home style, everyday use restaurant in Beijing, Chrysanthemum...
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Train Behavior Norms
How do you define an asocial behavior? Taking several seats and lying down can be considered ill-mannered, yet looking at how people place shoes differently, make you feel one is more well-mannered...
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Why Personalization Is Important
Japanese school girls going on their way back home. With most schools having strict rules on what to wear and what bags, shoes, and socks to wear, everyone in Japan learns quickly about putting...
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Personalizing Your Door
During the previous research, we came across with one informant who lives in an apartment house which used to be a typical dormitory in Japan. As I walked across the corridor, realized that every door...
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Safety alert and how to get away with it
Behold. This, is a buckle for a seat belt. Without, the belt part. It happened on our way to the city center, as we arrived to Chengdu Airport. We took a car and one of our research staffs took the...
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Printer is new but the box is open. Don’t be mad.
I wonder how many people consider important that a newly purchased box would look new. I do feel that to some extent, I do enjoy the feel of opening a new box. Of course, that maybe because I am...
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Warranty for the Fakes
A battery purchased in National Market, Bangalore. My intention of visiting the market was not about purchasing a battery, but end up so because they managed to find one. They went through hundreds of...
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Changing the Essentials of Carrying
Mr. Ishii explaining us about Twin Wave, a whistle that can generate sounds in two audible frequencies. What do you carry with you and how? I have asked this question many times and through earlier...
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