10 Of The Coolest Japanese Gadgets You'll Almost Never See In The US
Buying Guides 10 Of The Coolest Japanese Gadgets You'll Almost Never See In The US Maybe even better than "As Seen on TV" items are those "As Seen in Japan." By Courtney Holt Sept. 19, 2026 8:15 am EST Visualspace/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Japan is known for making gadgets that solve problems you didn't even think really needed solving. Plenty of Japanese tech makes its way to the U.S., but the country also has a long tradition of creating wonderfully strange, hyper-specific inventions, like its fairly useless dining gadgets, that tend to stay within its borders.
- ▪Buying Guides 10 Of The Coolest Japanese Gadgets You'll Almost Never See In The US Maybe even better than "As Seen on TV" items are those "As Seen in Japan." By Courtney Holt Sept.
- ▪19, 2026 8:15 am EST Visualspace/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Japan is known for making gadgets that solve problems you didn't even think really needed solving.
- ▪Plenty of Japanese tech makes its way to the U.S., but the country also has a long tradition of creating wonderfully strange, hyper-specific inventions, like its fairly useless dining gadgets, that tend to stay within its borders.
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Buying Guides 10 Of The Coolest Japanese Gadgets You'll Almost Never See In The US Maybe even better than "As Seen on TV" items are those "As Seen in Japan." By Courtney Holt Sept. 19, 2026 8:15 am EST Visualspace/Getty Images Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Japan is known for making gadgets that solve problems you didn't even think really needed solving. Plenty of Japanese tech makes its way to the U.S., but the country also has a long tradition of creating wonderfully strange, hyper-specific inventions, like its fairly useless dining gadgets, that tend to stay within its borders. Some are high-tech, like a meerkat-inspired AI companion that remembers your conversations. Others are much simpler, like an umbrella with a fan built into the shaft.
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