Sagami Condoms

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Sagami Condoms We're proud partners of Sagami Condoms, which means you’ll always have access to the very best Sagami products, direct from the brand. Sagami is the most popular brand of condoms in Japan, sold in over 50 countries around the world. The history of the company goes back almost a century. Sagami Rubber Industries Co. Ltd was established in 1934, making it Japan’s very first manufacturer of condoms. The brand has always been known for innovation, and it was also the first company to produce coloured and dotted condoms, taking these products into the pleasure zone, as well as a form of protection against pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The Sagami Original condom was released back in 1998, heralding the dawn of the first condoms made from special Polyurethane (PU), and in 2004 the Sagami Original 0.02 was produced with just 28 microns. The founder of Sagami Rubber Industries was a woman - Saku Matsukawa was born in 1892 and was the daughter of a silk mill manager. As she reached womanhood, she became frustrated with the quality of condoms on offer in Japan, so decided to tackle the problem herself. When her husband died in 1934, she founded the Asahi Latex Chemical Centre, establishing Sagami Rubber Industries. Co, Ltd ten years later. She employed Shigeo Takeuchi, a pharmacist and researcher who worked at her Latex Chemical Centre, to take on the role of President of the company. Saku Matsukawa was a woman who was ahead of her time – she was the first ever president of women’s peace organisation Soroptimist Japan, the Chair of Japan’s National Chamber of Commerce and Women’s Federation, and in 1985 she was given honorary citizenship of Atsugi. Sagami is a market leader in the area of PU condoms, which are produced in Ipoh, Malaysia. The company also still produces natural rubber latex condoms in its original factory based in Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan. Sagami condoms are found in drugstores all over Japan, and the company's products can also b