Talk:Usa, Ōita

''Today "Made in Japan" connotes high quality, technologically advanced manufacturing but during Japan's recovery from World War II it was synonymous with cheap shoddy products. Some exports were marked "MADE IN USA".''

I removed this; see Snopes on the subject. --&#9829; «Charles A. L.» 05:32, Mar 28, 2004 (UTC)


 * I inserted this anecdote about "Made in Usa". Thanks for supplying more info. I did not claim that a town was renamed "Usa" for a devious purpose. I do however have a dim memory of a childhood toy car, made from recycled Japanese tin cans (Japanese printing on the inside of the car), marked "MADE IN USA". 24.64.166.191 05:27, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * That's how these urban legends are; there are always slightly different versions around. The version I heard was not that a town had been renamed Usa, but rather that goods intended for export were intentionally manufactured in the town that had always been called Usa, so that they could be labeled MADE IN USA. —Angr 13:42, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I heard this myth from my sixth grade teacher and was checking this page to see if there was any truth to it. Should the same information be placed on the [Usa, Kōchi] and [Usa District, Ōita] pages? 198.6.46.11 19:39, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * It's documented in one of the Big Secrets books by William Poundstone. I can look it up if you want. --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 15:39, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * The way this could be fairly easily cleaned up is if someone could post the actual background for the name choice. As is, the Snopes article is disappointingly short of information and large on assumptions.  Given the formation period, it seems it would be a reasonable conjecture until proven otherwise.  JeopardyTempest (talk) 20:53, 24 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm an early boomer, and heard this urban myth from my father in the 1950s. Also, I'm currently reading a book about the Battle of Leyte and it mentions aircraft production in Usa in 1944, showing that the town was there,and with that name before anybody would have had a reason to take advantage of its name.  Also, if anybody knows the town's history, expanding that section of the article would be appreciated.  JDZeff (talk)

There is no substantiation for the towns being renamed in 1967. This seems to indicate it was known as Usa for much longer https://books.google.com/books?id=ELqbCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT107&dq=when+was+Usa,+%C5%8Cita+named&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5pIvfnpLjAhXHzVQKHfNBBb8Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Usa&f=false 22:26, 30 June 2019 (UTC)23.240.209.18 (talk)