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TikToker highlights mandatory ‘shutter sound’ on Japanese phones and other major differences between life in Japan and the U.S.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cultural differences are to be expected when moving to a foreign country — and this TikToker outlines the ones he’s experienced ...
Global Voices Online

Why Are Japan's Election Sound Cars So Noisy, and So Pointless?

I can't sleep in on Saturday, my day off, with the noise from the sound trucks from morning until night. Sound trucks and sound cars — vehicles outfitted with campaign livery and loudspeakers — are a ...
Chicago Reader

Japanese sound artist Fujita finds muses from nature to make unknown tones

Yosuke Fujita makes music inspired by his neighbors the trees. “My house is in the mountains,” the Japanese sound artist explained in a 2023 interview with cultural programmers National Sawdust. “I ...
Business Wire

WiSA Certified Onkyo SOUND SPHERE Audio System Launches in Japan

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WiSA® LLC, founded by Summit Wireless Technologies (NASDAQ: WISA), today announced the launch of Association member Onkyo Home Entertainment’s WiSA Certified™ SOUND ...
TechCrunch

Japanese Company Develops Sound-Absorbing Blinds (Video)

In case you’re sensitive to noise and look for a discreet way to solve the problem in your apartment or office building, for example, the so-called Feltone [JP] might do the trick for you. Developed ...