PRESENTATION SKILLS – MS.

LUREX

OUTLINE TEMPLATE

1. Student full name: Bùi Thu Thảo

2. Student ID No.: 1857010307
3. Topic: Vending machines in Japan
4. Type of speech: Informative
5. Specific purpose: To explain why Japan has so many vending machines across the country.
6. Strategic order: Causal order
7. Central idea: There are 3 main reasons of the popularity of vending machines in Japan.
8. Speech outline: As below

A. Introduction:

Before we get into my presentation’s main points, let’s do a warm-up math.

Do you know that there is approximately 1 vending machine per 23 people in Japan?
So it means that with the population of about 126 million people, Japan has about 5.5 million vending
machines in total (FYI, this number is more than the population of Wales) so there is no surprise that
vending machines are everywhere in Japan.

As we all know vending machines in Japan are far from ordinary cause they are taking them to a whole
new level, beverages, snacks, ice cream, yakisoba and the variety of interesting goods can be purchased in
the Japanese vending machines.

On the surface, vending machine’s convenience already explains why it is so common in Japan but there
are 3 main reasons behind its popularity that I would like to discuss with you today.

B. Body:

1. It is much cheaper to use a vending machine than to hire workers.

- These figures show us the problems of Japan's declining birthrate, aging population that
have contributed to make the labor market very expensive.
+ In 2018 there were 921,000 births and 1.37m deaths in Japan
+ Over a fifth of Japan's population is now 70 years old or older

- So instead of paying for a sales clerk to sit and collect your money when you buy a
piece of gum, they just put it in a machine and automate the whole thing.
+At the end of the day, vending machines need only a periodic visit from the
operator to fill up the machines and empty the cash.

2. Vending machines can be placed almost everywhere in Japan because the vandalism is
rare.

- Perhaps this could only work in a country with a crime rate among the lowest in the world.

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 + According to a United Nations 2010 crime report, Japan ranks as having one of the
lowest robbery rates in the world.

- Vending machines in Japan are rarely robbed or vandalized. In fact, they are well taken care
of, meaning that they always work, which satisfies the customers.

+ According to the Japan National Tourism Organization, vending machines are "seldom
broken or stolen," despite having tens of thousands yen inside and being frequently placed in dark
alleyways or uncrowded streets.

3. Cash-based economy means people have so many coins in their pockets and the best way
to get rid of them is buying a drink from the nearest vending machine.

- In Japan, people don’t use credit cards that much like those in overseas.
+ The total number of credit cards is more than 250 million for its population 126
million. It is above average actually compared to that of overseas’.
+ But when it comes to actual usage rate, it is about 10 %.
- Everything is cash-based, and because of that you always have coinage.
+ One of their highest coin is worth like 5 dollars.
- And let’s be honest, there’s nothing more satisfying than unloading some of the change in
your pocket into a vending machines for some yummy treats.

C. Conclusion:

So Japan is an aging nation with expensive labor, a lack of crime and too many coins in its pocket.
I hope my presentation has provided you with some useful information not only about the vending
machines there but also about the Japan’s unique culture and some national issues this country has been
suffering from.

9. Types of visual aids (optional): projector, slides, powerpoint.

10. References:

https://www.businessinsider.com/why-so-many-vending-machines-in-japan-2017-1
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/27/japan-shrinking-as-birthrate-falls-to-lowest-level-in-
history
https://hiro8japan.com/why-japanese-people-use-cash-instead-of-credit-cards