Japan's Top Inventions

1 Conveyor Belt Sushi 2018-03-18 2 Shinkansen 2018-04-19 3 Automatic Rice Cookers 2018-05-17 4 Electronic Bidet Toilets 2018-06-21 5 Quartz Wristwatches 2018-07-19 6 Instant Ramen 2018-08-16 7 Portable Music Players 2018-09-20 8 Gastrocameras 2018-10-18 9 Handheld Calculators 2018-11-22 10 Erasable Pens 2018-12-20

1 Snap-Off Utility Knives 2019-01-17 2 Acrylic Aquarium Panels 2019-02-21 3 Makeup Brushes 2019-03-21 4 Compact Motorcycles 2019-04-17 5 Stay-Tight Fasteners 2019-05-09 6 Video Game Character 2019-05-30 7 Pedal Assist Electric Bicycles 2019-06-19 8 Cooling Gel Sheets 2019-07-10 9 Fiber Tip Pens 2019-08-07 10 Shock Resistant Wristwatches 2019-08-21 11 Cup Ramen 2019-09-11 12 Probiotic Drinks 2019-10-09 13 Special Effects Monster Movie 2019-10-23 14 Umami Seasoning 2019-11-13 15 Blue LEDs 2019-11-27 16 Spinning Top Toys 2019-12-19

1 Home Bread Makers 2020-01-09 2 Glow in the Dark Pigments 2020-01-30 3 Emoji 2020-02-13 4 Miniature Video Cameras 2020-03-12 5 2D Barcodes 2020-03-26 6 Water Purifying Powder 2020-04-16 7 Worksheet Study Method 2020-05-28 8 Film Farming 2020-06-25 9 Surgical Microscope Stand 2020-07-23 10 Automatic Thread Trimmer Sewing Machines 2020-08-13 11 Robotic Exoskeletons 2020-08-20 12 Dinosaur Robots 2020-08-27 13 Palm Vein Authentication 2020-09-24 14 Fresh Freezing System 2020-10-22 15 Bottled Green Tea 2020-11-25 16 Personal Information Protection Stamps 2020-12-24

1 Planetariums 2021-01-14 2 Handheld Digital Pets 2021-01-28 3 Home Gaming Console / Smartphone Springs 2021-05-15 4 Neurosurgical Instruments / Weather Meters 2021-07-16 5 Body Fat Scales / Luggage Rack Mirrors 2021-07-31 6 Sushi Robots / Refractometers 2021-10-30 7 Camera Phones / Electron Microscopes 2021-11-26 8 Radio Controlled Watches / Encrusting Machines 2021-12-11

1 Home Blood Pressure Monitors / Test Patterns 2022-01-08 2 Drawing Tablets / Cascades (Airplane Component) 2022-01-29 3 Laptop Computers / Purification & Separation Systems 2022-02-19 4 Surgical Needles / Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Equipment 2022-03-19 5 High-Capacity Optical Disks / Automatic Skewer Machines 2022-03-26 6 Ventilators for Premature Babies / Electron Beam Lithography Systems 2022-04-30 7 Landmine Clearance Machines / Linear Guides 2022-05-28 8 Canned Bread / Automatic Dorayaki Machines 2022-06-25 9 Mosquito Coils / Screw Removal Tools 2022-07-30 10 Pulse Oximeters / Egg Grading & Packing Systems 2022-09-03 11 Low Pain Needles / Sports Wheelchairs 2022-09-24 12 Fish Finders / Medical Simulators 2022-10-29 13 Lithium Ion Batteries / Dust Collectors for Tunnel Construction 2022-11-26 14 Correction Tape / Water Filter Media 2022-12-24

1 Automatic Ticket Gates / Tool Setters 2023-01-28 2 Automatic Door Sensors / Banknote Printing Machines 2023-02-25 3 Online Karaoke Services / Umbrella Bagging Machines 2023-03-25 4 Imitation Crab / Monorail Transporters 2023-04-29 5 Piano with Silent System / Plastic Food Models 2023-05-27 6 Cockroach Traps / Residential Maps 2023-07-08 7 Ultra-High-Speed Elevators / Carton Filling Machines 2023-07-29 8 Stand-Up Personal Watercrafts / Rice Crackers with Peanuts 2023-08-26 9 Lint Rollers / Rotating Beacon Lights 2023-09-30 10 Car Navigation Systems / Vapor Heat Treatment Systems 2023-10-28 11 Home Water Purifiers / Plastic Valves 2023-11-25

1 Direct Drive Turntables / Natto 2024-01-20 2 Letter Sorting Machines / Exhaust Gas Analyzers 2024-01-28 3 Cultured Pearls / Casting Systems 2024-02-24 4 Contactless IC Cards / Wasabi Packets 2024-03-30 5 Singing Synthesizers / Solder 2024-04-27 6 Fan-Cooled Workwear / Marine Cargo Tanks 2024-05-25 7 Diagnostic Ultrasound Machines / Sports Balls 2024-06-29 8 Artificial Leather / Blood Test Needles 2024-07-27 9 Tactile Paving / Crab Stick Machines 2024-08-31 10 Multihead Weighers / Aircraft Interior Products 2024-09-28 11 Jet-Air Hand Dryers / Artificial Teeth 2024-10-26 12 Seismic Oil Dampers / Fabric Trim 2024-11-30

1 Rhythm Machines / Food Packaging 2025-01-11 2 Ultra-thin Silk Fabrics / Membrane Structures 2025-02-15 3 Press-in Piling Machines / Virus Removal Filters 2025-03-08 4 Non-sprinkler Snow Melting Systems / Security Equipment 2025-03-29 5 Massage Chairs 2025-03-29 6 Capsule Figures 2025-04-09 7 Lotion Tissues 2025-04-30 8 Heat-resistant Labels 2025-05-21 9 Frozen Food Vending Machines 2025-06-11 10 Smokeless Grills 2025-07-02 11 Super-absorbent Towels 2025-07-23 12 Motorized Conveyor Rollers 2025-08-06 13 Laser Flaw Inspection Systems 2025-08-27 14 Curved Escalators 2025-09-17 15 Capsule Beds 2025-10-01 16 Eggshell Field Chalk 2025-10-22 17 Cosmetic Sponges 2025-11-12 18 Water Jet Cutters 2025-12-03 19 Automated Ginjo Koji Makers 2025-12-24

1 Non-Loosening Bolts 2026-01-28 2 Portable Fetal Monitors 2026-02-11 3 Concentrated Laundry Detergent 2026-03-04 4 Liquid Glass Coating 2026-03-25 5 Luminescent Ceramic Tiles 2026-04-08 6 Automatic Floodgates 2026-04-29