Got a busted toilet in your place in Japan? Check for this before you pay the whole repair bill.
Insurance
“I am so thankful for our medical system. Terrifying to think what it’d be like without it.”
Parents in all sorts of predicaments can benefit from this low cost, expansive insurance policy.
As more and more parents worry about the effects of bullying, one Tokyo insurance company offers a solution.
Sompo Japan’s groundbreaking policy covers doxxing, negative memes, and other forms of flaming, but trolls need not apply.
Japan may be the only country in the world that insures golfers in the event they hit a hole-in-one during a round of golf.
For those times when the train is too crowded to keep your hands where everyone can see them.
If you’ve ever wondered why so many people are mounting cameras on their car’s dashboard recently, you might want to take a look at this short video. In it, we witness an increasingly common sight in mainland China: a scammer throwing himself at a moving vehicle in the hopes of receiving reparations for (often non-existent) personal injury.
This time, though, the scammer was caught in the act by a surveillance camera positioned directly above the junction at which he chose to try his little scam, and as a result had to cough up some cash of his own.
The Japanese love their insurance. According to the weekly tabloid Shukan Post, the average household in Japan pays 454,300 yen (approx. US$5,393) a year in life insurance premiums in an effort to feel safe and protect loved ones. Comprising just 2% of the global population, Japan pays 18% of the world’s total insurance premiums, this which works out to average insurance spending of US$3,500 per capita, the highest level in the world.
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