World's 1st karaoke machine

World's 1st karaoke machine

Photo taken in Tokyo on June 12, 2025, shows the world's first karaoke machine, the "Music Box," invented and sold by late Japanese engineer Shigeichi Negishi in 1967. The U.S.-based Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' Milestones program held a ceremony the same day in the Japanese capital to recognize the machine as a key achievement in the history of technology.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA004516099
  • Registered date
  • 2025/6/12 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2025 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 3446 × 2806 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 817.73(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

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