Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant

Japan seems to really be into osmotic pressure for whatever reason. It reminds me how in Splatoon, the reason given for why the character die when they touch water is osmotic pressure and there's a whole scientific explanation about it.[1] However, that all got cut out in the international localization for some reason.

Maybe there's a cultural reason why Japan is more aware this is a thing that exists? Dunno

[1] https://youtu.be/N3bn57twbHM?si=nmxVjFPaeaxlTqyk

They like reading random Wikipedia articles I think. It's normal in kids' stories for a character to do a cool technique and then a third character to explain how the cool technique worked based on the Wikipedia article the author just read.

It's routinely featured in Japanese equivalent of SAT tests. So anyone with a high school diploma at least have heard about it, most with a degree from a Japanese university have made attempts to solve a quiz involving it, and anyone with any degree from any of national universities have solved a question on that topic at least once.