Comment Re:Getting some industry back? (Score 1) 323
1) Japan uses 100V electricity.
2) Japan's outlets lack polarization as well as a ground (earth) socket.
3) All plumbing fixtures I have ever seen in Japan are made by Toto (a Japanese company) or sometimes Mitsubishi. They are different designs than you would have here.
Moreover, Japanese people use stamps instead of signatures, hand-write nearly all important documents, use only wire transfers--no checks... There are very few Western standards used in domestic Japanese business. The way Japanese companies function domestically and internationally could not be any more different. There are no standards.
Perhaps you should take a trip outside of the US so you stop being one of those irritating Americans who think that the rest of the world is just like you, aside from language. You'd be surprised to find that other nations and cultures have come up with some ideas as well!
