Japan's Top Inventions
Season 1 • Episode 3: Automatic Rice Cookers • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: Automatic Rice Cookers
May 17, 2018 • 15 min
The behind-the-scenes tales of hit products and creations from Japan: this is Japan's Top Inventions. This time, electric rice cookers, which create fluffy, great-tasting rice with the press of a button. Developed in Japan in 1955, these automated rice cookers keep growing in popularity: in 2016, exports hit a record high. In Asia and around the world, this invention plays an essential role in creating rice-based dishes. This time, the unknown story behind the birth of the electric rice cooker.
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