The Mask of Zorro was NOT invented in Japan, nevertheless influenced by the Japanese?
Perhaps, the game Sudoku was an influencer of how the Japanese thought and how the Japanese people, though very small in number in physical size, became GIGANTIC in many things.
Some big things that is near and dear to me is Bethany Japanese Church in Santa Barbara where Mochi Pounding was prolific and Japanese was regularly spoken, Kangen Water Machines made by Enagic and Komatsu Tractors. Then there's some really interesting things with some Japanese Nobel Prize winners.
Komatsu invented Japan's first domestic crawler tractor in 1931 and later pioneered a revolutionary hydraulic-driven blade system for its G40 bulldozer derivative in 1943.
While Komatsu's initial 1931 crawler tractor prototype was modeled after an imported American Caterpillar tractor, Japanese engineering breakthroughs and domestic designs included:
Hydraulic-Driven Blade Systems: Developed for the G40 in 1943, replacing the cable-controlled blade systems that were standard on American machines at the time.
Domestic Crawler Undercarriage and Cast Steel Parts: Specialized high-grade castings and special steel materials researched and produced at the Komatsu Global Site starting in the 1930s to replace imported parts.
Proprietary Diesel Engines: Indigenous diesel engine designs integrated into their heavy machinery line starting in 1949.