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TOKYO An “exploding” piggy bank is to go on sale in Japan next week – designed to encourage people to save. The battery-powered device, in the form of a cartoon-style ball-shaped black bomb with a skull and crossbones logo, lights up, makes a noise, shakes violently and scatters its coins if it is not topped up regularly.
“Users must pick up and collect the scattered coins and reflect on their laziness,” a spokesman for Tomy, the manufacturer, said. Japan has the world’s oldest population and there are fears for the financial security of the elderly. (AFP)
TOKYO An “exploding” piggy bank is to go on sale in Japan next week – designed to encourage people to save. The battery-powered device, in the form of a cartoon-style ball-shaped black bomb with a skull and crossbones logo, lights up, makes a noise, shakes violently and scatters its coins if it is not topped up regularly.
“Users must pick up and collect the scattered coins and reflect on their laziness,” a spokesman for Tomy, the manufacturer, said. Japan has the world’s oldest population and there are fears for the financial security of the elderly. (AFP)
