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According to https://www.theamericanconservative.com/the-last-cassette-pl... , Tanashin no longer makes tape mechanisms. The so-called "Tanashin" mechanisms found in modern products are actually Chinese mechanisms based on old Tanashin designs.



It looks like Tanashin is out of business now. At least their website returns a 401 and has for the past year or so (according to the internet archive).

Last snapshot: https://web.archive.org/web/20210117133724/https://www.tanas...


Ahhh very interesting! I had no idea




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