Have you seen how Japan does grounding of appliances?

[AndyPRK]

Look at around 9 minutes.

Who the hell thought that was a sensible idea/ standard to sign off? rather than a 3 pin backwards compatible plug/socket ?

In fairness, seams to be for washing machines and AirCon units

 

[Ragnar_AT]

A surprisingly large number of countries seems to consider earthing unnecessary faff. At least in Japan pretty much everything is double-insulated. I‘ve even seen a double-insulated full-sized fridge.