The behind-the-scenes tales of hit products and creations from Japan: this is Japan's Top Inventions. This time, we focus on utility knives whose blades, when they become dull, can be snapped off ...

The behind-the-scenes tales of hit products and creations from Japan: this is Japan's Top Inventions. This time, planetariums, which realistically reproduce the look of the starry night sky.

& Everyday Japanese Inventions You’re Using Right Now! Japan is a culturally rich country with tons to see, do, and experience. From their famous Mount Fuji to the elaborate gardens and, of ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. "The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's ...

Meet the genius behind Japan's viral 'barely useful' inventions, who designs over-the-top contraptions for oddly specific needs — and earns a living doing it ...

The patent law in Japan is explicit in its definition of what constitutes a patentable invention. This article delves into the nuances of patent eligibility for bio inventions, particularly those ...

Asahi Kasei has received the 2025 Imperial Invention Prize from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, the highest award presented at the 2025 National Commendation for Invention.

Located in the industrial city of Chiba, just outside of Tokyo, CEATEC is the biggest electronics show in Japan. Each year, the nation which gave the world the bullet train, the Walkman and blue ...

An invention to keep from splattering your clothes and hair with broth as you slurp your noodles. Also worthwhile if you want your friends to think you are a flower. Chindogu are Japanese ...

The 2015 Patent Act amendment changed the long-established rule, and determined that the employer may select in advance whether the right to obtain a patent for an employee invention belongs to the ...

Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japanese ingenuity remade global culture and may have created modern life as we know it. It's ...