History
The first telegraph line was established in
1869
At their height, there were roughly this many vending machines in Japan.
5.5 million.
This company got it's start post WW2.
What is Cannon?
The first Kaiten sushi restaurant opened in what year?
1958
This technology is being used for new shinkansen
What is MagLev
T/F
During the Edo period is when Japan started modernizing and developing rapidly
False
The first vending machine in Japan dispensed this.
Tobacco
This company cornered the market on music players.
What is Sony?
The idea of Kaiten restaurants came from this.
Beer bottles moving down an assembly line.
This privately funded group of companies took over running the railways in Japan in 1987 (Requires both full and abbreviation)
What is Japan Railways (JR)
Why was Japan able to replicate the same technology as the West?
It was due to their highly developed educational system at the time
There is one vending machine per this many people in Japan.
25
Which company created the first Japanese Television.
What is JVC?
Remote controlled robots are seen as more accessible for what reason?
Employees can work right in their home, no need to travel all the way to work.
These three types of seating provide different seating in 3x2, 2x2, and 2x1 seat spacing
What are Ordinary (3x2), Green Car (2x2), and Gran Class (2x1)
Was it the Yagi-Uda Antenna or the photo telegraphic device that laid the foundation of modern day fax machines?
Phototelegraphic device
The oldest existing vending machine in Japan used the mechanism from this.
Karakuri wind up dolls.
Which company is known for high-quality compact electronics.
What is Casio?
When you're unsure of what to order on a shokkenki you look where?
Most popular menu items found on top left of display.
Before shinkansen were introduced in 1964, it took this amount of time to travel between Tokyo and Osaka
What is 6h30m
Who invented the automata, lamps, ice machines, and planetariums, Myriad Year clock?
Hisashige Tanaka
Name three of the five factors that were listed which contribute to vending machine ubiquity.
True or False:
Yamaha is known for record production.
What is False?
Name three things we can except to see in restaurants in the future.
Surge of automation, total automation, augmented reality, customer identification, almost instant fabrication of food
IC cards are rechargeable cards for use with which four four services
Public transport, vending machines, shops, and restaurants