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When the hated New York Yankees and the Florida Marlins (I think it was the Marlins...) came to Tokyo to open the season, one thing many internet bulletin board posters noticed was how they had sponsor logos (Ricoh, and Aeon Language Schools, I think) sewed onto their jersey sleeves and stuck to their helmets. Now, back in the States, this is forbidden, of course, but here it's quite common.

More common than I thought, actually. I just caught a bit of a rhythmic gymnastics competition on TV. The gymnasts actually had big Aeon patches stitched onto the arms of their leotards.

Now that's just strange....