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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?
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