A useful source:
https://worldofsockets.com/
As an American, it's obviously Type-B, since you don't need an adapter to plug things in.
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How does the type-A (Japan) ground?
Japan uses weaker voltage and many things don't require a ground or can rely on an alternative method. That said, they'll have a good ol' three prong for appliances and newer buildings will have a few three prongs in select locations.
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I think the recessed plug face is superior. It keeps an object from falling across an improperly plugged in plug and shorting.
Type-M, as I live there. Very convenient, all pins round shaped
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Type E is inverted in the picture.
I'm biased, but Type F
Type B, H, or I. They look unpleasantly surprised by what I'm shoving in their mouths. Definitely not K, because he looks like he likes it.
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The safest ones (design-wise) would be the ones that are inset, like types C, E, F, H, J, and K. If there is ever a chance a plug is partially pulled out or not fully inserted, the socket being inset wouldn't allow anything to touch any of the contacts.
Fuses in plugs and the orientation are relatively irrelevant to the plug style and are more a convention choice, if not regulatory requirement.
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Schuko (Type F) of course. The British plug (Type G) is a truly worthy adversary.
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I think type K, it looks so happy all the time.