Japan's Matsushita Electric Industrial recalls massage chairs after fires |
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Wed, 31 Jan 2007 06:01
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TOKYO (XFN-ASIA) - Matsushita Electric Industrial Co Ltd will recall 68,782 massage chairs after two of them reportedly caught fire, the company said.Matsushita, best known as the maker of Panasonic brand products, will recall the chairs, which were made in Japan and have been sold under its National brand name since June 2005, a spokesman for the company said.The company has heard of two cases in which the chairs caught fire after the electric cord supplying power to the motor burnt out, the spokesman said.The chairs, produced by Matsushita Electric Works, were damaged, but there were no injuries, he said.
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