On Sep 4, 11:39 pm, gtr <x...@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> I went looking for deodorant when in Okayama City last November and
> could find nothing but Ban in the small drug store I went to.
>
> But yesterday, in Marukai supermarket in Costa Mesa, California, I
> couldn't find any men's deodorant at all.  I spoke with a young man
> with a decided Japanese accent that worked there and he said he had
> visited japan the year before and he couldn't find any there either.  
> He said he didn't think Japanese men wore deodorant.  We wondered
> whether cologne was the route of choice.  He said there were a few for
> women, but not many.
>
> Is this BS?  What are the leading brands of deodorant for men in Japan?

Deodorant, anti-perspirant or both?