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There were Japanese copies as well, likely sold at K-mart before the Taiwan-made production.
The Japanese ones were just about as nice as the originals, I had one on a U08 for years and it held up to a lot of loading and off-roading.
I remember K-mart in the 70's having a lot of stuff made in Japan that turned out to be rather high quality, stuff like tools and even gloves iir.
I bought my timing light there back in the day and actually used it today! I've had two others burn out over the years, but the US-made All Pro from K-mart is the sole survivor.