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Fourth Japanese company recalls China-made globes

Another company producing globes identifying Taiwan as part of China has said that it would recall its products following complaints from customers and media outlets.

Nagoya-based toy company Debika announced yesterday that it has already begun to recall the globes, the Japanese Sankei Shimbun reported.

Debika's move follows similar announcements over the past week by three other Japanese companies, Gakken Toys, TakaraTomy and Yanoman, that have produced globes showing Taiwan as part of China.

RECENT SWITCH

A spokesman for Debika said that in the past, the company produced its globes in Taiwan and that it only switched production to China last year.

The spokesman said the company was pressured by the Chinese government into showing Taiwan as belonging to China on its globes in order to avoid having its products barred from export to Japan if it did not comply.

Debika has already sold thousands of the globes on which Taiwan is labeled as part of China, according to the Sankei Shimbun report.

condemnation

The spokesman said that Debika decided to recall the globes following Gakken Toys' announcement the day before that it would be dissolved by the end of March over the error.

Gakken Toys' announcement came in the wake of strong condemnation from Japanese academics and media outlets over kowtowing to Chinese pressure and insulting the Taiwanese people.

Debika's spokesman said that besides recalling the globes, the company has also decided that the globes it sells from this day forward will be affixed with stickers correcting the errors concerning Taiwan's sovereignty.
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