Walking clubs had sprung up in the country, and a company there began making a pedometer it called Manpo-kei, which means "10,000 steps meter". So while the 10,000 step goal is a good one, it was picked partly because it made for a catchy name.
In 1965 a pedometer called a manpo-kei (meaning "10,000 steps meter" Japanese: 万歩計) was marketed in Japan by Y. Hatano.[14] Y. Hatano promoted "manpo-kei pedometers" from 1985, after his research was accepted as proving that 10,000 Steps A Day was the proper balance of caloric intake and activity-based caloric expenditure to maintain a healthy body.
An advert for the original manpo-kei or '10,000-step meter'.
In an attempt to capitalise on the immense popularity of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, the company Yamasa designed the world's first wearable step-counter, a device called a manpo-kei, which translates as "10,000-step meter".
The name of the pedometer was Manpo-kei (10,000-step meter), and the ads for the device said, "Let's walk 10,000 steps a day!" More than 50 years later, the idea that adults need to walk 10,000 steps a day retains its power.
IN THE 1960s, walking clubs in Japan adopted a new fad: a commercial pedometer called manpo-kei, literally meaning "10,000-step meter".
This is the new Earth, the new heavenly body born out of the darkness that lands in a white room as an unseen hand actuates function after function – a rose blooming under a clock, a step meter spiraling into view, Mickey Mouse tapping his toe jauntily.
Indeed, in Japan pedometers are known as "manpo-kei," which means "10,000-step meters" in Japanese.
She identifies each dancer as an instrument in the string quartet; they share patterns, steps, and meters.
The most efficient configuration was a rotating disk speed of 21 rpm using a step-type metering gap, resulting in C¯R= 14.7%, Ew = 84.7% and Q = 1076.6 kg/h.
Main Outcome Measures: The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale UPDRSS), ambulation endurance and speed (sec/10m), and number of steps for 10-meter walk.
