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Although in the cars’ defense I never really knew what that logo was supposed to be either.
Company is tired of people thinking the chime means “Feel free to knock people over if they’re standing between you and your train.”
Now you can find out if there are any upskirt photographers, bag-snatchers, swindlers, or burglars in your area.
But are people willing to undo the long-running social custom of only standing on one side of an escalator?
Even people born and raised in famously polite Japan are amazed by Iwate Prefecture’s manners.
Bright idea could keep you safe if an earthquake or typhoon leaves you without electricity.
If you’d like more coffee and fewer traffic accidents in your life, this safe driving app is for you.
Yes, Japan’s Shinkansen is an amazingly stress-free way to get around the country, but that doesn’t mean the driver should be this relaxed.
After 11,000 bike accidents last year, the Tokyo metropolitan government is considering new safety regulations.
After a year of taxes and a previous year of rings, “safety” is the word that resonates true in the hearts of Japanese in 2015.
If you take a seat on the Yokohama subway next month don’t be surprised if a warlord from China’s Three Kingdoms period advises you on proper public transport behavior.
Wei leader Cao Cao showing you how to give up your seat, or legendary warrior Lu Bu advising you not to run onto trains are but two of the nine posters recently previewed online. Let’s take a look at them all!
We’ve all heard about how safe Japan is. But unless you live here, you may not understand why Japan is considered so safe. The uninitiated may presume that safety is enforced through a rigid society that doesn’t allow freedom of expression, that Japanese people are too worried about losing face to commit a crime, or that the government comes down unnecessarily hard on people who step out of line. In reality, none of these rings true.
But we can’t deny that there’s one thing that Japan does better than anyone else. Join us after the jump for some insights and our own observations.
If you saw this car on the street, you’d half expect a comically large number of clowns to come piling out of it. But it turns out despite its Looney Tunes-esque look, there’s a noble—if somewhat bizarre—concept behind this new car from Toyoda Gosei.
This is the “Flesby,” a new concept car that Toyoda Gosei will display at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show next week, with the “concept” being essentially that the entire outer body of the car is one gigantic airbag. Let’s take a look.
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