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wunderground.com By: Malcolm Foster Published: March 22, 2013
Tokyo, Japan
Arao, Japan
TOKYO – On the sidewalks and the subways it's clear: Japan is becoming a sea of surgical masks. It's about pollen, about germs and even a little about China, its polluting rival across the sea.
Simple masks. High-tech masks. Scented masks. Masks in pink and purple. Yano Research Institute says it's a 26 billion yen ($274 million) market. The industry leader, Kowa Co., says it plans to quintuple production this year.
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2013-03-23 04:49:11
Source: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/japan-sea-masks-due-pollen-pollution