In the Media

These are the main TV programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and web media features in which Comomg and Comomg's wooden toys have been introduced. They are listed from newest to oldest.

List of Features and Appearances

Date	Type	Details
September 16, 2026	Web	Kawaguchi Keizai Shimbun (also distributed on Yahoo! News) published an article on "Aizome Donguri Korokoro" (Donguri Korokoro dyed with Bushu Shoaizome indigo)
August 2, 2026	Newspaper	Saitama Shimbun published an article on "Charity Donguri Kinoko – Kumamoto"
May 9, 2026	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "Wooden toys dyed with coffee"
January 2026 issue	Magazine	Featured in Vol. 626 of "MOVE," the newsletter of the Kawaguchi Chamber of Commerce and Industry
June 14, 2025	TV	Appeared on TV Tokyo's "Moyamoya Summers 2"
May 23, 2025	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "Passing forest resources on to the future: a message that keeps being shared"
May 2, 2025	Newspaper	Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun) published an article on the "Comomg Exhibition"
April 13, 2025	Newspaper	Featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun as an exhibitor at the Japan Craft Production Areas Expo
March 31, 2025	Newspaper	Saitama Shimbun published an article on the wooden play area at AEON MALL Kawaguchi Maekawa
January 25, 2025	Web	An interview article was published on PRESIDENT Online
July 15, 2024	Web	Featured as a case study on SMRJ's "Subsidy Utilization Navi"
June 16, 2024 issue	Magazine	Featured in Mono Magazine (No. 939)
June 6, 2024	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "Toys made from trees felled in the city"
April 14, 2024	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "One character of a name on a wooden doll"
February 21, 2024	Newspaper	Featured in the Tokyo Shimbun article "Wooden hina dolls"
February 2024	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "'Hina dolls' that connect feelings"
November 1, 2023	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkei MJ article "The texture of wood nurtures children's five senses"
July 18, 2023	Web	Featured in "Naohiro Kurose Investigates," a web series by the Chusho Kigyoka Doyukai (association of small business owners)
November 25, 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkei article "Kawaguchi toy company keeps employees on after they 'relocate'"
August 25, 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkei (Saitama edition) column "Hito Saitama"
August 2, 2022	TV	Appeared on TOKYO MX's "Bara-iro Dandy" (introduced as a wooden toy craftsman)
July 31, 2022	Newspaper	Saitama Shimbun (also distributed on Yahoo! News) published an article on the "Machinoki Project" ("New life for waste wood... local trees milled locally and turned into toys and more")
July 24, 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Mainichi Shimbun profile column under the headline "Using waste wood toward local production for local consumption"
July 7, 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Asahi Shimbun (Saitama edition) article "Making the most of waste wood: 'All-Kawaguchi' toys"
May 20, 2022	TV	Appeared on TV Saitama's "Live News" (feature: "Making toys from local waste wood: the Machinoki Project")
April 11, 2022	TV	Appeared on Fuji TV's "Live News α"
April 7, 2022	TV	Appeared on NHK's "Shutoken Network"
March 17, 2022	TV	Appeared on Fuji TV's "Live News it!"
March 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkei article "Donations from wooden toy sales to support Ukraine, planned by Comomg"
January 5, 2022	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun article "SDGs activities of Saitama companies and organizations"
December 21, 2021	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun article "Head office and factory relocated and newly built; a toy play area to attract new customers"
November 2021	TV	Appeared on TV Tokyo's "Shinapushu"
September 23, 2021	Newspaper	Featured in the Yomiuri KODOMO Shimbun feature "Exciting WORK: Toy Craftsman"
August 18, 2021	Newspaper	Featured in the Saitama Shimbun article "Prototype of a wooden 'Kyuporan' carving: a plan to use local wood"
August 9, 2021	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun article "Making effective use of waste wood: Comomg and others introduce a sawmill"
2021	Textbook	A photo of a Comomg online meeting was included in a high school textbook
August 21, 2020	Web	Featured in the Nikkei (digital edition) article "Kawaguchi wooden toy maker holds online crafting classes"
July 6, 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Tokyo Shimbun column "People's Stories"
July 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun series "Transformation 2020: Taking on the New Normal – Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises"
June 9, 2020	TV	Appeared on NHK's "News Shibu 5-ji" and TV Asahi's "Super J Channel" (introducing Amabie Donguri)
June 4, 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Nikkei article "Preventing the 'Three Cs': changing the way we work"
June 1, 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Asahi Shimbun (Saitama edition) article "Turning the COVID crisis to advantage: online sales up fivefold"
April 21, 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Asahi Shimbun (Saitama edition) article "Wooden toys completed by going around the homes of remote-working employees"
April 16, 2020	Newspaper	Featured in the Tokyo Shimbun (Saitama Central edition) article "Telework spreading across the prefecture"
March 19, 2020	TV	Appeared on NHK's "Ohayo Nippon"
March 12, 2013	TV	Appeared on TOKYO MX's "Nippon Dandy"
March 1, 2013	Newspaper	Featured in the Mainichi Shimbun
March 10, 2012	TV	Appeared on NHK's "Shigoto Hakkenden"
September 1, 2011	Magazine	Featured in the kids' fashion magazine "Hug Mug"
July 2009	Magazine	Featured in "GG"
December 2008	Magazine	Featured in "FQ JAPAN"
2008	TV	Kazuto Komatsu hosted the handmade toy segment on NHK's "Sukusuku Kosodate" for one year
November 2007	TV	Appeared on "Burari Tochu Gesha no Tabi"
March 2006	TV	Appeared on "Sekai Ururun Taizaiki"
2005	TV	Kazuto Komatsu won the "Rubber Band Craft King Championship" on TV Champion