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Hello, I'm Jeff G.. I noticed that you made a change to an article, List of Japanese inventions, but you didn't provide a source. I’ve removed it for now, but if you’d like to include a citation to a reliable source and re-add it, please do so! If you think I made a mistake, or if you have any questions, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thanks.   — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 06:00, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

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