Yonezawa • Founded 1950's • Tokyo / Japan Also known as Y, or Yone, Yonezawa was one of the biggest and certainly the most creative of all postwar Japanese toy makers. Other Yonezawa toys are labeled under STS, possibly an importer. Yonezawa was a prodigious toy maker indeed, responsible for literally thousands of different battery operated and mechanical toys in all categories from the early 1950's through the early 1970's. Their current disposition is unclear, but Yonezawa is believed to have transformed itself into a builder of industrial electronics, though this is unconfirmed.