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Digital technology is making our lives ever more convenient, but why does stationery remain such a vital tool? (By NAOATSU AOYAMA and TATSUO KOTOYORI)
At Twitter, a personal touch: handmade stationery
U.S.-based microblogging provider Twitter has made it possible to share information and opinions online as "tweets," sending them out instantaneously to a worldwide audience.
Japanese-made pen rewrote classroom habits in Paris
At Ecole de la Plaine, a public elementary school in eastern Paris, we asked the equivalent of a fourth-grade class in Japan, "How many of you own a Frixion?"
The magic behind a simple yet expensive 'myth'
Browse through any bookstore or outlet selling household goods stores in the United States and Europe, and chances are that simple notebooks with a black cover and rubber band...
Written tradition: German pencil manufacturers in...
The historic city of Nuremburg in southern Germany is the birthplace of wooden pencils.
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Asia’s No. 1 hub: Malaysia has ambitious plans...
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ASICS races for larger share of global sport shoe...
December 23, 2012ASICS, Japan’s largest sport shoe, apparel and equipment manufacturer, is gradually starting to make lengthy strides into the global athletic shoe market dominated by U.S.-based Nike and German Adidas.