When you get the 16x discs, look for both "made in Japan" as well as an octagonal foam press ring (the thing on top of the spindle that holds discs down). For 8x media, it's the same on DVD-R. For 8x DVD+R, both the circle and octagon foam are YUDEN coded.
These tips are how you find TAIYO YUDEN made media on Sony spindles.
On Japanese discs, not fitting the description I just gave, are SONY made discs and not TY made discs. They are good too, but the TY tends to be just a tad better, especially the YUDEN DVD+R discs.
On a side note, Fuji has apparently quit using TY media, they're stocking Prodisc and Fujifilm these days, for the most part.
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