KNOW JAPAN - WAFUU
From Jika-Tabi to Hyper V: Nisshin Rubber's #1000 and Japan's Campaign Against Workplace Falls
Japan's labor ministry counts the same-level fall as the country's most common workplace injury every year, and one answer to it came from an Okayama maker that started with jika-tabi: the Hyper V ...
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Why the Lead Rotates: The Complete Kuru Toga Guide, Standard to Dive
Mitsubishi Pencil's Kuru Toga turns the lead a little with every stroke so that, the maker says, the point wears to a cone rather than at a slant. The lineup that grew from the 2008 original runs f...
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VESSEL Electric Screwdrivers From Japan: 220USB-S1 vs P1 vs 220USBC, 400ER3 Ratchet, Bits
VESSEL's electric ball-grip drivers run a screw in with a small motor and leave the final turn to the hand: the 220USB-S1 for speed (1200 rpm no-load), the 220USB-P1 for its three modes, the 220USB...
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Makita Saws From Japan: LS610D Slide Miter Saw, 165/125 mm Circular Saws, Samehada Blades
WAFÚÚ ships Japan-market Makita saws and Makita tipped saw blades from Japan, from the 165 mm LS610D slide miter saw to 125 mm dust-collecting circular saws and Samehada blades. Makita's own figure...
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The Pool-Deck Stopwatch From a Nation of School Pools: SEIKO Swimming Master SVAS009
The SEIKO Swimming Master SVAS009 is Seiko's swimming and rowing stopwatch: split, lap and total on three rows, 300 laps in memory, and a stroke-rate mode that reads three strokes. Seiko rates it 1...
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Trains de Tokyo qui chantent : Toyco et l'E235 Yamanote
Toyco (トイコー), fabricant de jouets de Sumida, à Tokyo, produit des trains et des bus sonores qui font entendre les annonces des gares japonaises, les mélodies de départ, les carillons du Shinkansen ...
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