| Edo period "Candlestick chart" Munehisa Homma |
1887 "Dry cell" Sakizō Yai |
1890 "Mosquito coil" Eiichiro Ueyama |
1899 "Instant coffee" Satori Kato |
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| 1915 "Mechanical pencil" Tokuji Hayakawa |
1902 "Soft Oblaat" Masataro Kobayashi |
1923 "Hand warmer" Jinichi Matoba |
1926 "Mechanical television" Kenjiro Takayanagi |
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| 1926 "Yagi-Uda antenna" Hidetsugu Yagi |
1950 "Esophagogastroduodenoscopy" Tatsuro Uji・Mutsuo Sugiura・Shoji Fukami |
1955 "Rice cooker" Yoshitada Minami |
1956 "Utility knife" Yoshio Okada |
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| 1957 "Esaki diode" Leona Esaki |
1958 "Instant noodle" Momofuku Ando |
1958 "Vinyl umbrella" WHITE ROSE CO.,LTD. |
1960 "Shredder" Reiji Takagi |
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| 1964 "Shinkansen" government-owned railway |
1964 "Airbag" Yasuzaburou Kobori |
1964 "Optical fiber" Jun-ichi Nishizawa |
1967 "Electronic turnstiles" OMRON |
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| 1968 "Retort pouch" Otsuka Pharmaceutical |
1971 "Karaoke" Daisuke Inoue |
1976 "VHS" JVC (Victor Company of Japan) |
1979 "Walkman" Sony |
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| 1980 "Washlet" TOTO |
1981 "Automotive navigation system" HONDA |
1984 "Flash memory" Fujio Masuoka |
1988 "CD-R" TAIYO YUDEN CO.,LTD. |
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| 1982 "Neodymium magnet" Masato Sagawa |
1983 "Selfie stick" Minolta |
1990 "GPS-navigation system" Mazda |
1993 "Cooling Gel Sheet" DIA PHARMACEUTICAL |
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| 2000 "Blu-ray" Sony |
2001 "blue LEDs" Shuji Nakamura |
2006 "FRIXION ball" PILOT CORPORATION |
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