Japanese Inventions


Sometimes it surprises me to know that something that I use everyday was actually invented in Japan, especially the things that are used worldwide and named in English.

Out of my curiosity, I searched “Japanese inventions” online and I found this list.

“Dry cell” was invented by a man named Sakizo Yai from Nigata Prefecture, Japan. Having worked at a clock shop in Tokyo, he studied perpetual motion machines by himself. Unfortunately, he didn’t have enough money to apply for a patent.

 

"kitleong" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Shredder” was invented by Reiji Takagi, a former president of Meiko Shokai.

 

"cinefil_" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Floppy disc” was invented by Japan IBM.

 

"marklyon" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“CD-R” was invented by TAIYO YUDEN in 1988.

 

"atomicShed" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Optical fiber,” the technology that is widely used in optical communications today, was invented in 1964 by Jun-ichi Nishizawa, who was a professor at the Research Institute of Electrical Communication in Tohoku University.

 

"Twistiti" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

The first “car navigation (Automotive navigation system)” was Honda Electro Gyro-Cator released in 1981.

 

"Hisashi Photos" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Karaoke machine” was invented by an unsuccessful musician Daisuke Inoue. As a result of his success with karaoke machine, he was named one of Time Magazines “Most Influential Asians of the Century” in 1999.

 

"Simon Starr" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Yagi antenna (TV antenna)” was invented in 1926 by Hidetsugu Yagi who studied at Tohoku University.

 

"csete" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Snap-off utility knife” was invented by Yoshio Okada who later founded utility knife manufacture, Olfa.

 

"Dplanet" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

“Instant coffee” was invented Satori Kato while him developing instant green tea in 1899.

 

"Andy Straw" some rights reserved. flickr

 

 

It is very interesting. Many Japanese people don’t even know that they were invented in Japan.

 

Source: Tuitui (Japanese)

 

This is JAPAN Style!