Tell me more ×  This is a question about electrical safety in
Japan. I know this isn’t a Japanese forum, but my Japanese isn’t
up to much, and everyone I can ask either knows nothing about
electrical safety or nothing about Japan.  I come from the UK,
where every plug is three-pronged and ordinary consumers like me
don’t have to think about matters like grounding.  Here in
Japan, most plugs are two-pronged. Risky devices like washing
machines and dishwashers come with an extra green and yellow
ground wire bolted onto the back. In my 80s apartment there are
a couple of power sockets with a little metal plate where I can
attach a ground wire; one is in the place where you’d expect a
refrigerator to go, and the other is for the washing machine. It
seems that the builders didn’t anticipate other kinds of home
appliance.  So now I have a dishwasher, and it’s nowhere near
any of the grounding plates. But it is near the kitchen range,
and the kitchen range has a couple of gas taps attached. I am
vaguely aware that g