Product Made in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture Gets Order Boost from “Ohtani Effect”; Baseball Star Shared Images of Kettle Made by Company

MORIOKA — A small ironware maker in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, has been swamped with orders from around the world since being mentioned in a social media post by baseball star Shohei Ohtani, becoming the latest business to reap an unexpected economic boost thanks to the “Ohtani effect.”