Nitopower - it is only easier if you don't read Kanji. Don't be close minded - not everyone reads and writes English.

I been to Japan and it is not mostly English characters. I was at quite a loss sometimes trying to get around and order at restaurants. Thank god for the friends i was with that did understand Japanese.

Well I don't have any NJS certified items but it would be hard to get all the lines in the kanji characters for Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai in a 1cm high stamping. And like how Fugazi Dave posted, Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai is 8 characters long. I can read a bit of Japanese, and at least the first 5 characters are correct.

I should have been clearer with my post, and my percentage was just a shot in the water. I was meaning for the most part, a lot of english is used for consumer items and a lot of shop signs. Coca-Cola is done in english, the major beer companies, Sapporro, Asahi, write out their names in english, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, label their products in English.

I've been to Japan a few times and I'll bet CEYA has been there twice as much as me. What I discovered on my visits there was that more Japanese than not, can speak English; even more can at least understand English. Just about everywhere you look in Japan you can see the English language being utilized.

IMHO, I feel the Japanese "characters" would look far better stamped on their respective products.

BTW----The Japanese are the most polite and honest people I have ever met.

GH,

Yep the are taught up to high school basic English. They say "Bye Bye" more than I do...But they are the most honest and friendly people. That is my home always, I spent a good part of my life there...

English is the so called international language so that is English is also up alot there ,Korea, Thailand, Philippines(I know former U.S. Territory).


English stamps make it easier for the world to know the logo and what it stands for in the cycling world.
S/F,
CEYA!