The Japanese ass is suffering from an unprecedented crisis!
This is not the middle two lines in any spoof bloody manga, but the real situation that japanese people are facing at this moment.
Recently, Japanese television broadcast such a news: WASHLET can not be restocked, the Japanese ass is facing a crisis!
WASHLET is a well-known Japanese bathroom product TOTO research and development of warm water wash toilet cover (now has become a brand of TOTO), this toilet cover in Japan is very popular, the market share is very high, while in many countries outside Of Japan have sales, such as in China, TOTO for this product registered a Chinese brand name "Washlet".
Source: Aiqicha
Such an ace product is now facing a very severe shortage of goods.
Takano, the boss of Guangming Electric Appliances, showed reporters the current inventory of washed toilet lids in warm water, almost all models are 0, and under normal circumstances, the inventory quantity of each model will be at least 20-50.
On TOTO's official website, you can also see a statement apologizing for the fact that some of the brand's products cannot be delivered on time due to production delays, and some of the goods referred to here are mainly toilets and toilet lids.
Image source: TOTO Japan official website
WASHLET is not the only toilet lid in Japan, Panasonic, LIXIL and other companies have produced warm water to wash the toilet lid, but in the face of the recent influx of orders, they are also the same "insufficient inventory", after all, even the bathroom industry leader TOTO has no way to do anything, completely unable to take out the goods, other brands are even more powerless.
In addition to the lack of goods in the electrical appliance store, many decoration companies also hung a statement on the website, saying that because of the delay in the supply of TOTO, we can only follow the shortage here.
The first thing affected by the shortage of toilet covers is the newly built house, the chairman of the construction company ウッドシップ said that the toilet cover could not be obtained in this 1-2 months, and I heard that there is no stock this year!
Immediately affected are individuals or merchants who need to replace the toilet lid, for this situation, Takano boss bluntly said: Even if it is broken now, it can only wait.
This shortage of stock has been going on for several months, and when it will be available is still unknown, if this situation continues, the Japanese ass will lose the warmth and happiness brought by the toilet lid.
The impact of downtime in Southeast Asia
Why are toilet lids in Japan suddenly so tight? It's still up to the topic that has been criticized for a long time – the new crown epidemic.
Recently, the current situation of the epidemic in Southeast Asian countries is not optimistic, including Vietnam, where the TOTO parts factory is located.
Vietnam had previously controlled the covid-19 epidemic, but at the end of August this year, Vietnam ushered in a new round of outbreaks because of the menacing of the Delta strain. According to the news of the Ministry of Health of Vietnam on the evening of August 24, in the 24 hours before that, the number of new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Vietnam reached 10,811, which is the sixth consecutive day of vietnam's new confirmed cases in a single day.
Blockaded streets in Hanoi, Vietnam, Source: Xinhua News Agency
Because the epidemic is so serious, Vietnam has upgraded its epidemic prevention measures and begun to stop operations, work stoppages, and production stoppages, and the government even dispatched the military to control it. When the Japanese reporter visited the TOTO Vietnam factory, he only saw a suspected worker pulling a cart through the factory, and there was no sign of normal operation of the factory, and the production of parts and components led to the stagnation of production and delay in delivery of toilet lids.
However, this is not the first time that TOTO has been undersupplied due to the epidemic, as early as last year, when the new crown epidemic broke out in China, TOTO fell into the dilemma of production delay due to the shutdown of the Chinese factory, and WASHLET was also unable to distribute.
However, because in recent years, Japanese companies have slowly moved their factories out of China and moved to Southeast Asia, the impact of the Vietnamese factory shutdown is obviously much greater than before.
Do Japanese have to wash their butts with water?
In the end, this time is actually the toilet lid is out of stock, is it necessary for the Japanese media to be so "exaggerated", and even rise to the height of the ass crisis?
Do Japanese people have to wash the toilet lid with warm water?
Here we have to talk about the differences in Japanese living habits, and we see this smart toilet cover as a "new toilet experience", for most Japanese, warm water washing toilet cover is more like a must-have product with the toilet, installing it is a daily necessity, rather than upgrading the toilet.
The reason why Japanese people develop such a habit is first of all because this toilet lid entered Japan very early.
In 1964, the American company アメリカン·ビデ exported a flushable toilet cover called "Wash air Seat" to Japan for sale, and in 1967 Ina Pottery sold the first Japanese toilet with a washed toilet lid with warm water, and in the same year TOTO cooperated with the Above American Company and obtained the license for the localization of "Wash Air Seat".
Source: TOTO China official website
The WASHLET mentioned above is a new toilet lid launched by TOTO in 1980, this high-tech toilet lid is not a new thing that appeared after the new century, but an old product that has been iterated for 40 years.
WASHLET's newly upgraded apricot
Of course, the Japanese did not replace all this toilet lid as soon as it appeared, but only began to use it in a large area after 2000. According to the Cabinet Office's Consumer Trends Survey, the penetration rate of washed toilet lids in Japan was about 14 percent in 1992, about 41 percent in 2000, about 68 percent in 2008, and 71.3 percent in 2010.
In terms of the distribution of installation and use, for the public situation, public toilets in modern buildings such as airports, hotels, and shopping malls in Japan, including temporary toilets from the previous Tokyo Olympic Games, will all be installed with such toilet covers.
For private use, you can refer to this questionnaire survey report published by the company in 2016, which is about the installation and use of warm water washing toilets in private houses, covering men and women of different ages, with a total of 4382 people.
Because the various categories in the entire survey results are very detailed, I will talk to you about some key contents here.
Source: Planet"Survey on Attitudes toward Hot Water Washing Toilet Seat",
The overall installation rate of warm washed toilet covers in private homes is 69.4%, and the installation rate continues to rise as we age.
As for whether to use the function of flushing farts, 80.5% of people said that they would use it, of which 85.1% of men would use it, higher than 73.7% of women, indicating that men prefer to use this function. In addition, in terms of age distribution, the use rate is basically increasing with age.
Among the reasons for using the flushing function, the two most recognizable are "I think it's cleaner to rinse with water than just toilet paper" and "it's nice to rinse with water."
Here is another little knowledge about the Japanese toilet, the Japanese public toilet is basically not set up with a paper basket, there is also a women's toilet for ladies to discard sanitary napkins, the reason for this, in addition to because the Japanese toilet paper is soluble in water, after use can be directly thrown into the toilet flushed, there is also a reason is that after washing the fart with water, there is no need to use a lot of toilet paper to clean, which also confirms that the Japanese have the habit of using this toilet lid.
In addition to investigating their own situation, the report also investigates the use of warm water to wash toilet lids in toilets outside their homes.
The use rate of toilets outside their homes is much lower, only 46.8% of people will use it, 31.2% of people will not use it, and 22% of people say that it depends on the situation, and the reasons for not using it are mainly unhygienic, do not know who has used it before, and so on.
In the past few years, there was also an issue of street interviews about whether to use the warm water washing function, and the reporter interviewed 100 people on the street, and the final result was that 58 people said they would use it, and 42 people said they would not use it.
Most of the reasons for use and non-use are similar to the above report, but everyone knows that Yueyao's urine nature is always able to find some strange answers, because it is really not suitable for dinner, here is to share a moderate and heavy answer.
The reason why this guy does not use it is that if the poop is stained on the sprinkler pipe, it will spew out brown water, which is really amazing.
It's not just the ass that's affected
It is not only the toilet lid that has suffered from the shutdown in Southeast Asia, but also the Japanese people's food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Now not only is there no warm water to rinse the fart, but the bath may also be ok, because the water heater has also been delayed due to the shutdown of the Vietnamese factory.
Uniqlo was originally going to launch a new autumn model on September 17, but due to the suspension of work and operations in Vietnam, four types of products such as sweaters and thread clothes were postponed.
Many of Japan's sushi shrimp are imported from Vietnam, because of the suspension and lockdown in Vietnam, and now there is a shortage, and it has been unable to buy for a month.
Food schemes Nichirei Foods Japanese taste of foreign-style construction, unfavorable or suspension "Maca misoni", "Fried from the sea ★", etc.
Nichirei Foods Cold Food Declaration, Source: Nichirei Foods Official
In the era of economic globalization, the situation of moving the whole body at once will definitely not be an isolated case, and the larger the scale and the wider the distribution of production chains, the more likely it is to have this situation.
However, instead of listening to such a big truth, the top priority for Japanese people is to be mentally prepared for not being able to buy a toilet lid for a long time, and first stock up on some toilet paper.
Resources:
Nippon Television Network, [Factory stop] Washlet can not be received ... Impact of Vietnam "Lockdown"
Baidu Encyclopedia, Washlet.
An encyclopedia, Washlet.
Wall Street has seen that the epidemic in Vietnam is critical! Manufacturing centers "fall", and the government sends troops to "prepare for the worst!" ”。
Wikipedia, wash the toilet with warm water.
Planet Co., Ltd., a warm water washing toilet seat that has become firmly established ... differences in usage and awareness by gender and age
Yahoo reviews and delays in sales of cold food and clothing in domestic market aftermath of overseas corona disaster
※ This content is the independent opinion of the author and does not represent the position of Nippon Pass.
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