Re: [tlug] Japanese Power

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <stephen@example.com>]

>>>>> "Jim" == Jim  <jep200404@example.com> writes:

    Jim> It's also interesting to note the eastern Japan uses 50Hz and
    Jim> western Japan uses 60Hz.

Yeah, it's kinda weird when the electricity cuts out for 5 seconds on
the way to/from Tokyo.  :-0

    Jim> This is actually an even more suprising thing, especially for
    Jim> such a small country, especially for a country that
    Jim> coordinates and regulates the heck out of everything.

Thing is, there's actually very little coordination or regulation here
for the natives.  (Gaishikei is another matter.)  It's, as Tevye sang,
"Tradition!"  People are expected to be self-policing.  Most are, so
daily life works pretty well.  Including on Toyota scale *boggle*.

Bureaucracy, yes, painfully so.  But effective regulation and
coordination are myths.  The Japanese are even better at subverting
attempted regulation than Americans are!

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