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Taichiro Morinaga
Taichiro Morinaga | |
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| Born | Taichiro Morinaga 1865 |
| Died | 1937 Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | no formal education |
| Known for | Founder, Morinaga and Co., philanthropist |
| Website | www.morinaga.co.jp |
Taichiro Morinaga (森永 太一郎, 1865–1937) was a Japanese philanthropist and entrepreneur. In 1899, he founded what would become Morinaga & Co, the first modern candy company in Japan, and the first to mass-produce chocolates in the country. Now known for the popular fruit candy Hi-Chew, one of Morinaga & Co's first products was marshmallow.[1]
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