Japan halves speed limit to 30km/h on all narrow city streets(theguardian.com)

54 points by haunter 1 month ago | 48 comments

Japanese houses have limited lifespans (2018)(economist.com)

29 points by NavinF 3 years ago | 34 comments

Why Japanese companies do so many different things(davidoks.blog)

828 points by d0ks 5 months ago | 386 comments

A Substack essay by David Oks explaining the internal logic behind why Japanese corporations diversify into so many unrelated businesses.

Jakarta is now the biggest city in the world(axios.com)

463 points by skx001 11 months ago | 354 comments

Axios news article reporting that Jakarta has overtaken Tokyo to become the world's largest city by population.

Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates(bioengineer.org)

3 points by geox 1 year ago | 1 comments

200k Flemish drivers can turn traffic lights green(vrt.be)

84 points by svenfaw 1 year ago | 144 comments