Mitsubishi Pencil's '7700' pencils were initially ... Mitsubushi Pencil announced that it would no longer produce the "7700" colored pencils favored by the Japanese animation industry.

After a sobering European tour revealed poor perceptions of Japanese pencils abroad, Mitsubishi hired industrial designer Yoshio Akioka to create Uni in 1958, featuring a distinctive maroon color ...

Mitsubishi Pencil Co. will buy out German high-end writing instruments maker C. Josef Lamy GmbH (Lamy) to increase its presence in the overseas upscale market. The Tokyo-based company said Feb. 29 ...