A race pitting electric appliance makers against gas appliance makers is quietly heating up in Japanese kitchens.
The prize: a niche market of high-tech cooking gear for the trendy consumer.
In one corner, the electric camp is pitching the merits of new stoves powered by electromagnetic induction heating, or IH.
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