A company operating in consumer products and industrial chemical products.
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Summary of official statements
Kao’s corporate guide describes consumer products such as detergents, sun care and beauty products alongside chemicals for industrial and commercial use. Relief appears in its adult-diaper development guide.
Kao’s account of developing adult diapers around a natural underwear-like appearance and ease of use.
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Summary of official statements
Kao’s development guide discusses a natural appearance and smooth silhouette for people first using pants-style diapers. It describes developing elastic nonwoven material; this is a development account rather than a specification or assortment list for every current product.
This is a selection, not the complete range. Product availability, sizes and absorbency labels differ by market.
Manufacturing information reflects the linked company sources. Product-specific details are added when available.
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Tape at both ends and a guide line help position this pad inside absorbent pants. Kao separately describes fragrance technology affecting scent perception and ammonia-odour control.
Gunze and Kao launched SmaShee, a jointly developed brand for men's light urinary leakage, on September 7, 2026. Gunze's boxer briefs have an internal pocket for Kao's separately…
At the Osaka World Expo, 31 designs explored a future with more choice for people who use adult diapers. Seven diaper manufacturers and an underwear company joined the…
Kao announced on October 1, 2025 that it was starting a used-diaper carbonization trial with Kamikatsu Town in Tokushima, Japan. The town’s Zero Waste Center WHY was the…