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Illustrated Statistics by Kenichi Tanaka
Japan – The Strange Country (Japanese ver.) from Kenichi.
While the video is in Japanese, much of the content is clear from the animation & English labels. It’s kind of a “look at these facts, isn’t this absurd?” commentary/humor bit.
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Tagged infographics, Japan, Kenichi Tanaka, short, video
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An Inventor You Ought to Know About
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Tagged Film, Hedy Lamarr, history, inventor, women
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Nuclear Situation in Japan
Click on the CC button to see English subtitles.
Also, from the Japan Times: Fukushima Fallout 30 Times Greater than Hiroshima Bomb
蚊取り線香 (Anti-Mosquito Incense Burner)
Moquito Coils and simple metal device for burning them
I finally noticed someone asked me a question on my blog about the Japanese “Mosquito Pig” (my words). Many people in Japan burn anti-mosquito incense to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. The literal translation for this product is “mosquito-catching incense”…
“katori senkou” 蚊(“ka”=mosquito) 取り(“tori”=capturing) 線香(“senkou”=incense)
I decided to check out the local Japanese market, Mitsuwa, to see if they had this product.
I don’t know the King brand, but it looks like the same stuff I am familiar with. I just didn’t find the pig—they only had some simple metal device for burning the incense. It would be just as effective, but not as cute!
