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I oddly ran into a description of something like this from someone that was a prisoner of the Japanese during WW2.

Something about how every Japanese soldier, officers included, would squat while doing stationary tasks.

That is, if i understood the description correctly.



My Japanese aunt does this while gardening, and I can confirm that it's much easier on the back--although I barely have the balance to pull it off myself. Photo of the squat below.

https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fjimlipschu...




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