http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/08/31/thomas-edison-japans-favourite-inventor/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/08/31/thomas-edison-japans-favourite-inventor/#comment-4898 Charles Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:44:48 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/2006/08/31/thomas-edison-japans-favourite-inventor/#comment-4898 It's ironic that Edison ranks so highly, since he's notorious for stealing the Japanese toshaban concept and marketing it in the US as the "Edison Mimeograph." It’s ironic that Edison ranks so highly, since he’s notorious for stealing the Japanese toshaban concept and marketing it in the US as the “Edison Mimeograph.”

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