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2009-06-04, 5:45 PM #1
There's an island country called "Usa". I'm having a difficult time finding any information on it because of the island that's in the shape of the united states. At any rate, I had heard that at one time there were factories there that sold stuff to the US and they would put a "MADE IN USA" stamp on it so that people would think they were buying American made stuff. Can anyone confirm this?
2009-06-04, 5:48 PM #2
Usa, Ōita is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.

Originally posted by Wikipedia:
There have been claims that products made in this town and exported to the US in the 1960s carried the label "MADE IN USA, JAPAN", for it to have an appearance that the product is "Made in USA". It is, however a myth that Japan renamed the town "Usa" following World War II so that goods exported from Japan could be labelled as such. The town had this name long before the war, at least from 8th century, and is not where the majority of Japanese industry is located.
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2009-06-04, 5:52 PM #3
Anyone ever read a book about how in the future there are archeologists digging up a motel in the old land of Usa? and they believed the bathroom was a special holy shrine?
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2009-06-04, 5:53 PM #4
There's an island called Usa. I saw it on a map about 5 years ago right after I heard about this. I just never got around to checking on the claim until now.

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And this guy sings about it:
2009-06-04, 7:58 PM #5
Originally posted by Alco:
At any rate, I had heard that at one time there were factories there that sold stuff to the US and they would put a "MADE IN USA" stamp on it so that people would think they were buying American made stuff. Can anyone confirm this?


http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp

2009-06-06, 8:53 PM #6
Another interesting name in Japan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama,_Japan
2009-06-07, 12:17 AM #7
Originally posted by Anakin9012:
Another interesting name in Japan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obama,_Japan


Originally posted by Wikipedia:
Obama means "little beach" in Japanese...


more like little *****.
Nothing to see here, move along.

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