Japan Patent Office: Aiming high

It is fitting that a nation known as the ‘land of the rising sun’ has produced several companies whose inventions have signalled a new dawn in technology. Honda, Sony, Canon and Toyota are just some of the biggest and most recognisable brands to have emerged from Japan. From high speed bullet trains to personalised house robots and electronic toilets, the nation is synonymous with modernism and a drive to be at the forefront of today’s technological world.