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About Soroban


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Soroban

The soroban (算盤, そろばん, counting tray) is an abacus developed in Japan. It is derived from the ancient Chinese suanpan, imported to Japan in the 14th century.

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Modern Use

The Japanese abacus has been taught in school for over 500 years, deeply rooted in the value of learning the fundamentals as a form of art. This has led to the average japanese people perform better in arithmetics as compared to the rest of the world.