Some Matchbox picture boxes - all featuring Japanese lettering - were made especially for the Japanese market from 1977 to 1979, in connection with re-releases of some older Matchbox models which had already been replaced in the worldwide range, and with some models actually made for Matchbox in Japan.

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LS 05-A Jap A type number J-2 1977 --------------------	LS 05-A I type number 18 1979 pic by B. Steinberg	LS 07-C Jap B1 type number J-10 1978 --------------------	LS 14-A Jap A type number J-3 1977 --------------------	LS 15-A Jap A type number J-6 1977 --------------------	LS 15-A H type number 30 1979 --------------------
LS 24-A Jap A type number J-4 1977 --------------------	LS 24-D Jap C type number 5 1979 --------------------	LS 25-D Jap B1 type number J-21 1978 --------------------	LS 25-D Jap B2 type number 47 1979 --------------------	LS 25-D Jap B1 & B2 types numbers J-21 & 47 --------------------	LS 27-A Jap A type number J-9 1977 --------------------
LS 27-A Jap B2 type number 31 1979 --------------------	LS 27-B Jap B1 type number J-14 1978 --------------------	LS 31-D Jap C type number 2 1979 --------------------	LS 32-B Jap B1 type number J-12 1978 --------------------	LS 33-A Jap A type number J-1 1977 --------------------	LS 33-A Jap C type number 38 1979 --------------------
LS 41-A Jap A type number J-5 1977 --------------------	LS 41-A Jap B2 type number 25 1979 --------------------	LS 45-B Jap B1 type number J-11 1978 --------------------	LS 52-A Jap A type number J-8 1977 --------------------	LS 52-A Jap B1 type number J-8 1978 --------------------	LS 63-D Jap B1 type number J-22 1978 --------------------
LS 63-D Jap B2 type number 70 1979 --------------------	LS 63-D Jap B1 & B2 types numbers J-22 & 70 --------------------	LS 66-B Jap B1 type number J-19 1978 --------------------	LS 75-B Jap A type number J-7 1977 --------------------	LS 75-B Jap B2 type number 75 1979 --------------------

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