Karaoke.

desmayoralgo (entry #14)

I think the best Japanese contribution to mankind is the karaoke. We've heard about how people kill each other because karaoke songs weren't sung right. But here's an interesting article about how the karaoke was used to jumpstart an ICT project: http://www.kn.com.au/networks/2008/02/the-development.html. It talked about a poor community that refused introduction of technology but asked for a karaoke.

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