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The Model Kit Maker of Shizuoka
How Tamiya turned plastic kits, RC cars and the Mini 4WD into a hobby brand known around the world
Companies
How Tamiya turned plastic kits, RC cars and the Mini 4WD into a hobby brand known around the world
How Showa Denko bought Hitachi Chemical and remade itself as a key supplier of materials for advanced semiconductors
How the Tokyo toothpaste maker is winning bathrooms from Bangkok to Seoul
How Mani turned tiny surgical and dental needles into a global, high-margin business
How a truck-side discount stall in Hiroshima became the 100-yen shop chain selling thrift in more than 25 countries
How a Niigata metalworking family turned premium camping gear into a lifestyle brand from Portland to London
How an Osaka maths teacher's homework for his son became a self-learning franchise in more than 60 countries.
How a 1962 Tokyo start-up created Japan's security industry, and why it is now selling safety to an ageing society.
The machine tool maker that has designed its own CNC control since 1963 — and why that moat matters now
How Japan's sheet metal machine giant is bringing lights-out fabrication to the world's smallest workshops
Why a state-backed fund paid roughly 900 billion yen to delist the world's leading photoresist maker
From the 1691 Besshi copper mine to the nickel-rich cathode powder inside Panasonic's EV cells