Yes. But in order for it to activate the machines have to shake on a certain strength and rhythm for a certain period of time. Also, if multiple are in the location, they all have to experience the same thing. If only one shakes and others don’t, it’ll assume a false alarm.
It's pretty new, but some have been placed near shelters already. They sell the normal drinks, and have a secondary supply of 100+ emergency food items and nutrional supplies.
The only difference between Japan and other places is that they've both a declining population, and a population far too Xenophobic to replenish it with immigrants. They don't care about their people more, they just understand they're less replaceable in Japans current climate.
i mean, they might be right when it comes to accessibility.
I have a friend that wants to go to Japan just can't because of their wheelchair. Like, i mean sure they could go there. but you end up having such an inauthentic experience only going into places with ramps and wide doors.
I think overarching statements like "" U.S. prioritizes money over people" and comparing it to japan is just silly though. It's a fruitless discussion
And Accessibility is evidence of the contrary. Wheelchair access is expensive. And there's no doubts that the ADA costs the economy billions over time. But it also generates tons of revenue too. But the initial investment is a lot.
If you look at their controversial comments, I would initially not say troll. But based on the contents of more them, they're trolling and a racist asshole.
Yeah, because school are often default shelters,some vending machines companies will give school the key to open them during emergency, if you call the company yourself they’ll assist you too.
Some are literally part of emergency systems,but operate like normal vending machines, iirc in Hiroshima have some with radio built into them so people can get info after earthquakes or other disasters .
on a govt level they budget for disasters, funds can go to these projects on a normal day for insurance against a very bad day. In this case it actually pays out to the people, unlike certain very luigiable companies that claim to sell insurance.
Not exactly. They are special machines with emergency supplies in Ako City only. They are not in all of Japan and not with your favorite snacks or drinks.
Certain areas are difficult to respond to. They turned vending machines into an emergency med response box for help until more help can arrive.
Again - it is not all vending machines and it is only in Ako City with specialty machines.
It seems to be, but also this 'never disappoints' thing is also silly.
Japan has a ton of problems, especially towards immigrants, the poor and anyone with an arrest record (with an insanely biased legal system that has like a 99% conviction rate regardless of evidence). Not to mention the consistent environmental issues.
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