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The first Sony PlayStation was invented by Ken Kutaragi

Although popular in Western Chinese restaurants, fortune cookies did not originate in China and are in fact rare there. They most likely originated from cookies made by Japanese immigrants to the United States

Evidence of gunpowder's first use in China comes from the Tang dynasty (618–907)

Instant noodles were Invented by Momofuku Ando, a Taiwanese-Japanese inventor, in 1958

Court eunuch Cai Lun (50 AD – AD 121) invented the pulp papermaking process and established the use of new materials used in making paper

The Chinese have used the bristle toothbrush since 1498, during the reign of the Hongzhi Emperor

Japanese surgeon Hanaoka Seishū was the first surgeon in the world who used the general anaesthesia in surgery, in 1804

Methamphetamine was first synthesized from ephedrine in Japan in 1894 by chemist Nagayoshi Nagai

Acupuncture, the traditional Chinese medicinal practice of inserting needles into specific points of the body for therapeutic purposes and relieving pain, was first mentioned in the Huangdi Neijing compiled from the 3rd to 2nd centuries BC

Paper currency was first developed in China. Its roots were in merchant receipts of deposit during the Tang Dynasty (618–907)

The most ancient archaeological find of a pair of chopsticks, made of bronze, comes from Shang Tomb 1005 at Houjiazhuang, Anyang, dated roughly 1200 BC. By 600 BC

There is written evidence that kites were used as rescue signals when the city of Nanjing was besieged by Hou Jing during the reign of Emperor Wu of Liang (r. 502–549)

Karaoke is a Japanese word meaning "empty orchestra"

Karate (空手) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom of Japan

The earliest evidence of wooden coffin remains, dated at 5000 BC, was found in Tomb 4 at Beishouling, Shaanxi

The folding fan was invented in Japan, with dates ranging from the 6th to 9th centuries and later exported to East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the West

The earliest recorded use of incense comes from the Chinese who burned various herbs and plant products

Japanese animation, or anime, today widely popular both in Japan and abroad, began in the early 20th century

The rickshaw was invented in Japan around 1869

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin (i.e. the capital Hangzhou) written by the Yuan Dynasty