Japanese consumer-electronics manufacturer Casio was founded by Kashio Tadao in 1946 as Kashio Seisakujo. The then-struggling Tokyo sub-contractor initially produced microscope parts, but the arrival of one of Kashio’s younger brothers, Toshio, brought a new spark of inventiveness to the start-up. Its most famous early product was born of the scarcity of cigarettes following World War II. This was the yubiwa pipe, which was basically a finger...Continue Reading