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Japan's Used Panty Vending Machines: Fact or Fiction?

by Steve Levenstein, July 12, 2007

Vending machines stocked with used schoolgirl panties may be one of the most oft-quoted Japanese urban legends, but do they actually exist? Is there any truth behind the lurid rumors? The answer may surprise, even shock you!
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Ten Ways The Japanese Do It Worse

by Steve Levenstein, July 11, 2007

Japan and the Japanese do so many things well, it's easy to overlook where they trail the pack. From saving the whales to reaching for the stars, Japan falls miserably short - and that's just the tip of the rice-berg. Come explore the dark side of Japan, where the rising sun never shines!
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Ten Ways The Japanese Do It Better

by Steve Levenstein, July 09, 2007

Time and time again, Japan has been handed a ball someone else made and scored a touchdown. From cell phones to toilets to world peace, the Japanese just do it better!
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Japan's New Toilets Wash, Dry... and Fly!

by Steve Levenstein, July 09, 2007

Those amazing Japanese "washlets" pretty much do it all, from raising their lids in greeting as you enter the bathroom to washing and drying you off when you're done. Seems like Japanese toilets can do everything but fly... well guess again!
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"Every Burgers" Cut Fast Food Down to Bite Size

by Steve Levenstein, July 07, 2007

If every burger was an inch or so wide, we would eliminate obesity... or not, because we'd just eat dozens of "Every Burgers" instead!
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Japan's N700 Bullet Train: Same Speed, Less Energy

by Steve Levenstein, July 06, 2007
N700 Shinkansen Bullet TrainN700 Shinkansen Bullet Train
Japan's new N700 model Bullet Train is a kinder, gentler choo-choo... kinder on the environment and gentler on its passengers.
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BIG Trouble: Sumo Outsources for Survival

by Steve Levenstein, July 05, 2007

Flabby RoadFlabby Road


There are few things that are as essentially Japanese as sumo wrestling, which is why the need to pad thinning ranks with foreign sumo wrestlers is a bone in the throats of Japan's cultural traditionalists.  read more »


Japanese Go "Ghetto" with Cool Cell Phone Holsters

by Steve Levenstein, July 04, 2007


The provocatively named "Ghetto Japanese Cellphone Holster" combines gleaming polished chromed steel and black patent leather to hug your cell in a grip the Marquis de Sade would envy.
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Top Ten Ways Japanese Live Small

by Steve Levenstein, July 02, 2007

Leave it to the Japanese, the same folks who invented** the transistor radio, to come up with a multitude of ways to miniaturize their lives and save valuable space. "Livin' Large"? Not here, buster!
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Tokyo Bottled Tap Water Sold to Suspecting Consumers!

by Steve Levenstein, June 30, 2007
Tokyo Bottled Tap WaterTokyo Bottled Tap Water If you or I bottled tap water and started selling it on the street for a buck a pop, that would be a crime. When the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks does it, it's called a public awareness campaign.
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