20111123 Japan Biz Cast

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Gadgets: Fresh Rice is Twice as Nice. But What About Okazu?

Nothing is better than a piping hot meal but for the legions of working masses, the extra time that it takes to prepare that meal may not be an option. To the rescue comes a small Japanese company with a big idea: an innocuous little product that is a hybrid rice cooker and lunch box. Take a look on today's Gadgets.

On Site: Tokyo International Industry Exhibition 2011

For our Onsite segment, we visit Tokyo International Industry Exhibition 2011, where small-to-mid-size manufacturing companies put forth the best of what they have to offer. These companies aren't simple suppliers of parts and tools; they may not have the resources of manufacturing giants, but through innovation and hard work, they develop and offer cutting edge products and technologies.

Re Vision: New Homes Made with In-the-Box Thinking

In the special report segment, we take a look at a new way of building a house: box unit construction. In this method, a house is built not from the ground up, but by stacking box units on top of one another, with 90% of the work being done in a factory. What's more, the units are made of heavy-duty steel frames, allowing the units to be stacked to create earthquake-resistant buildings 8 stories tall.

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