HIMEJI, Japan -- Matches are more than just matches at century-old Nittosha. The tiny but proud manufacturer is tucked away in the sleepy Japanese city of Himeji, famous for little other than an ...
Match production was of one of the region’s biggest industries, and it was booming because of a fad that had swept the nation. The cigarette fad. H.F. Holman of the Diamond Match Co., which had a ...