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. On this episode, we discover conveyor belt sushi, an invention that's trundled its way to ...

Masato Iida of Shiga International Patent Office explains what types of bio inventions are deemed eligible for patent protection in Japan and draws comparisons with US practice The patent law in Japan ...

Kazuya Shibata, 27, is a Japanese engineer who makes what he calls "barely useful" inventions. His comical designs are often overly complex, but they've let him quit his job to do inventing full-time.

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

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 inventions ...

ZIBO, China, Dec. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrise New Energy Co., Ltd. (EPOW), today announced that its patent application for the invention titled "Method for Preparing Anode Material for ...

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 ...

Faced with a steady decline in blood donations and an aging population, Japan is actively seeking sustainable alternatives to traditional transfusions. Finding compatible blood, especially in ...