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Usually it is the Japanese who copy and improve American-made products. But some savvy U.S. business people are aiming to beat the Japanese at their own game. They are designing and selling spiffed-up versions of the traditional Japanese futon, or sleeping mat, to none other than eager American shoppers. Traditional Japanese futons are thin, muslin-wrapped cushions. U.S. makers have thickened the cotton stuffing in futons, covered them in designer fabrics and succeeded in promoting the joys of "all-natural sleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dividends: Futon Fever | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

...weather sours during an exterior, the line "It's wonderful weather" is replaced by "No rain is going to drown our love." What the Japanese film code allows to be seen in the way of love: lots of bare breasts and extensive caressing before the plunge into the futon (bedding) and the fadeout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies Abroad: The Rising Sun Is Blue | 11/5/1965 | See Source »

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