Casio Logo — Casio Computer Co., Ltd. is a company that manufactures electronics, founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, the capital of Japan. Casio is especially known for its calculators, but also by teams of audio, PDAs, digital cameras, electronic keyboards, watches, etc.
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Tadao Kashio, founder of Casio Computer Co., Ltd., was born in Kureta-mura (now Nankoku) in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, in 1917. In 1923, after the Great Kanto Earthquake, Kashio whole family moved to Tokyo at the invitation of an uncle who worked there. After graduating from high school, Tadao began working as an apprentice lathe operator. The factory owner Tadao skills recognized and encouraged him to study at Waseda Gakko Koshu (now University of Waseda), while working at the factory. Meanwhile, Kashio gained experience in variety of jobs, making pots, pans and lamps for bicycles, and soon gained a good reputation that brought him to pieces subcontracts. More