Abstract:
Pencils are indispensable for our
daily lives. Other writing implements
do not possess the pencil's unique
characteristics of letting us erase and
rewrite what we have written. Trial
and error will help us grow as a human
being. We trust that pencils will always
have their particular role in the future.
1,000 million pencils were produced
in Japan in 1976, making the country
the world's second largest producer
after the United States. 10 percent of
them was exported and the remaining
90 percent was consumed domestically.
This means that the annual consumption
of pencils was nine pieces a person
(900 million of pencils/100 million of
population) in Japan.
