A toy major company Tommy Co. (TSE:7867) which received the complaint from the consumer that the needle mixed with the stuffed animal of a popular all over the world Pokemon announced that it voluntarily recalled about 620,000 pieces on August 4.
The stuffed animal were manufactured in China, and a part of Pokemon was shipped to the United States.
When Tommy investigated the stock, mixing the sewing-machine needle turned out.
JCPRESS schedules to publish details of this news in the issue on the Japan consumer newspaper September 1.