The electronic voting machine, first introduced in Japan in the 1990s, has improved the accuracy and efficiency of voting.

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, created by Nagaru Tanigawa in 2003, is a popular light novel series and anime that explores themes of existentialism, time travel, and alternate realities.

Japan has a game show called "Human Tetris" where contestants have to contort their bodies to fit through holes in a moving wall.