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

By Mari Matsumoto / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer
13:17 JST,
June 26, 2024
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.”
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