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The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part One: A Serious Business

Ridiculous History

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The History of Japan's Toy Industry

Japan declared war on Germany and Austria in 1914. The value at this point in 1914 of all Japanese toy exports tripled. There was a particular popular breed of toys or flavor of toys called celluloid toys, which became Japan's 13th and most valuable export commodity during those war years.

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