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In the early days of electric home rice cookers in Japan, the products were manufactured, marketed and purchased only within Japan.

With the trend of Japanese cuisine spreading abroad, they were exported to Western countries.

They were also exported to rice-consuming Asian countries, following decades of rapid economic growth and rising family incomes.

Many products are now manufactured in China, South Korea, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Even some rice cookers intended only for the Japanese domestic market are now manufactured outside Japan.