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Fountain pen production seemed to stop in the early 1960s, probably due to the introduction of ballpoint pens, but in recent years ''Maruzen'' has come out with customized and/or limited edition fountain pens (with its own brand name added), produced from time to time by well-known companies such as [[Pilot]], [[Sailor]] and [[Platinum]], and also with European houses such as [[Pelikan]]. It continued the sale of Athena Ink brand inks, some of which were made, for example, by [[Sailor]].
Today ''Maruzen'' is a large book and stationery material chain, spread throughout Japan with about fifty outlets.