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Word: geta (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...into the booming Japanese auto industry, and General Motors has won permission for only a limited investment: 35% ownership of a joint venture with Isuzu Motors, a truck maker. Says James Adachi, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan: "We can set up a factory to make geta [Japanese wooden clogs], or open a supermarket, so long as it is smaller than 500 square meters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Japan, Inc.: Winning the Most Important Battle | 5/10/1971 | See Source »

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