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Wikipedia: Japanese Toilets This isn't particularly new¡Xin fact, it could be as old as the hills, if the hills were made in the '90s. But there has never been a fancy Japanese toilet control panel I haven't enjoyed looking at and this is certainly no exception. Even better, it's just a small excerpt from a fantastic article on Wikipedia that details more about Japanese toilets and their Number 2 cultural obsession than any one person really needs to know. Japanese toilet [Wikipedia via Kanai] - lev (tips@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 1:41:27 PM

Seven Japanese Corporation Names TechJapan has a fun (but too short!) article that details the histories of seven Japanese electronics corporations and how they got their name. Did you know, for instance, that Mitsubishi was named after the thunder god who first colonized Australia by having sex with Ayer's Rock, whose progeny went on to carve the first dive-bombing Zeros out of eucalyptus? History is fun when you make it up! Also, it appears that Japanese logos default to red as often as our logos default to blue. Ask TechJapan: Japanese Corporation Names [TechJapan] - lev (tips@gizmodo.com) [Gizmodo] 1:16:28 PM