Witness the revolution in transportation as a dual-mode vehicle that seamlessly transitions between road and rail is unveiled ...

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.

Article 2 (1) of the Japanese Patent Act defines an invention as the "creation of a technical idea utilising laws of nature". Additionally, Article 29 (1) requires that an invention be "industrially ...

The behind-the-scenes tales of hit products and creations from Japan: this is Japan's Top Inventions. This time, fiber tip pens, invented by a Japanese stationery firm in 1963.

The patent grant rate in Japan increased to 82% in 2021 from 56% in 2009 since the Intellectual Property High Court relaxed the inventive step hurdle in 2009. However, sometimes the inventive step ...

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 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. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

TOKYO& NOVI, Mich.& DÜSSELDORF, Germany---- Asahi Kasei has received the 2025 Imperial Invention Prize from the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, the highest award presented at the ...