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She also said demand for glass pens took off again as items of cultural value featuring the beauty of Japanese traditional craftsmanship. The pens are made manually, one at a time.

Its products are popular among stationery enthusiasts. Fountain pens are not in Mitsubishi Pencil’s product lineup. The company, which dates to 1887, is Japan’s first industrial pencil producer.