Honda conducts successful launch and landing of experimental reusable rocket

First time I saw a domain named `honda`. On further research [1], I see that many companies have Top Level Domains of their name. Why did IANA/ICANN allow TLDs of company's names?

[1]: https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt

I don't know japanese or japanese culture, but it's possible this word extends beyond branding. cf https://venere.it/en/the-meaning-and-history-of-the-name-hon...

Notably:

> The name “Honda” has its roots in Japan, a country known for its rich traditions and cultural heritage. In Japanese, the name is written as 本田, which can be broken down into two characters: 本 (“hon”) meaning “origin” or “root” and 田 (“da” or “ta”) meaning “rice field” or “paddy field.” The combination of these characters conveys a sense of familial roots or origin tied to agricultural land, which was historically significant in Japan’s agrarian society.

> Traditionally, Japanese surnames like Honda were often linked to geographic locations or land ownership, reflecting the agricultural lifestyle of early Japan. Thus, the name Honda could have been used to denote a family that owned or worked on rice fields, marking them as stewards of the land.

I love this (meaningless) phrase:

    > a country known for its rich traditions and cultural heritage

Are there any countries that do not have "rich traditions and cultural heritage"? (Let's ask ChatGPT to "delve" into that...)

The US maybe? I wouldn’t say the US has rich traditions and cultural heritage, they are too young for that.

I mean, there are a lot of traditions in the US. Thanksgiving, 4th of july, groundhog day, all the random things little towns do.

I think it still pales compared to its neighbours like Mexico who have also been born through colonization.

But maybe that's because USA has a tendency to make everything a super commercial event which gives us that idea.

That is part of our culture heritage. People who want to claim the US doesn't have a rich culture are defining culture to exclude all culture in the US which is not fair. It isn't hard to see a lot of culture in the US if you look, but many people want to think there isn't any and so go out of their way not to see it.

I think culture and tradition are different things. Modern pop culture is not tradition for example.