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ALT Tama, a calico cat and the stationmaster of Kishi station in Japan, poses in a conductor’s hat and her official tag
ALT A train on the Tama Densha, a rail line that was named and themed after Tama the station cat. The front of the train appears to have whiskers on it, and the sides of the train are decorated with cartoon calico cats.
ALT Screenshot of a Wikipedia article that reads: “The publicity from Tama's appointment led to an increase in passengers by 17% for that month as compared to January 2006; ridership statistics for March 2007 showed a 10% increase over the previous financial year. A study estimated that the publicity surrounding Tama has contributed 1.1 billion yen to the local economy. Tama is often cited as part of a phenomenon known in Japan as "Nekonomics" (ネコノミクス, nekonomikusu, lit., "cat economy"), a play off the term Abenomics. "Nekonomics" refers to the positive economic impact of having a cat mascot.”
