Amazing Japanese Inventions That Influenced The Entire WorldBy Harvey Shepherd / May 8, 2019 17. Compact Discs vice.com CDs were invented by Sony and Philips, developing the 115-millimeter disc that can store 74 minutes of media. Sony then developed the DVD and later the Blu-Ray disc. Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20