A running joke in Japan, as a country with practically no natural resources (read: oil, minerals, precious metals), is that the one natural resource they do hav

A running joke in Japan, as a country with practically no natural resources (read: oil, minerals, precious metals), is that the one natural resource they do have tons of is fresh water. Consider that the Japanese find water so mundane they think nothing of using it disposably to make instant yakisoba (chow mein).