In 1965, after two years of tinkering, Juri Kato produced the Manpo-kei — the ten-thousand step-meter. [16] A pedometer called a manpo-kei (meaning "10,000 steps meter" Japanese : 万歩 …

2019年7月11日 · Dr. Lee discovered that the origins of the number go back to 1965, when a Japanese company made a device named Manpo-kei, which translates to “10,000 steps …

2019年2月26日 · Manpo-kei, which literally means 10,000 steps in the Japanese language, became the rallying slogan for these dedicated walkers. Many Japanese walking clubs swung …

2018年1月31日 · In the run-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, a company came up with a device which they started marketing to the health-conscious. It was called a Manpo-Kei. In Japanese, …

2021年4月26日 · It turns that in 1965, a Japanese company called Yamasa Clock created a personal-fitness pedometer called the Manpo-kei, which means “10,000 steps meter.” The …

2009年9月1日 · Pedometers were first used to promote physical activity on a large-scale basis in the mid-1960s in Japan. Walking clubs had sprung up in the country, and a company there …

Journey of a thousand miles: from 'Manpo-Kei' to the first steps-based physical activity recommendations Br J Sports Med . 2023 Oct;57(19):1227-1228. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2023 …

Simple mechanical pedometers first appeared almost 60 years ago around the Tokyo 1964 Olympics, with the Yamasa company-designed ‘Manpo-Kei’ (‘10 000 steps metre’) being the …

2025年2月19日 · In an effort to boost interest in the Olympics and attract attention to themselves during this major event, a Japanese company invented the first pedometer—a device that …