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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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東京電車為何會唱歌?Toyco 有聲電車與巴士,首推山手線 E235
東京墨田區的玩具廠 Toyco(トイコー)推出的有聲電車與巴士,會播放日本的車站廣播、發車旋律、新幹線車內鈴聲,以及巴士下車鈴的「tsugi tomarimasu」(下一站停車)。想要山手線,首選 Sound Train E235 30站版:30 個車站全部報站,還有兩首有曲名的發車旋律。所有車款的廣播一律是日語。
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