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the spirit of the invention is Japanese, rather than Canadian.

This is a pretty silly argument but the spirit (and purpose) of the invention is also clearly to make something more suitable for Canadian tastes of the time.

>If I move to the UK and invent something, is it automatically a British invention, or an American invention?

Well, certainly not European.

But, maybe - wouldn't it depend on where you filed your copyright/ patent/ trademark and possibly who you work for?

Oh, still European. The British isles haven't drifted away from the European continent.

You're conflating a geographical area with a political arrangement. Not all Europeans are in the EU.

Seems like a straightforward question, as soon as we can agree on whether Nikola Tesla was Serbian/Croatian/Austrian/Yugoslavian/American.

It seems pretty accepted he was Balkan. At a minimum European. Nationality-wise he was Serbian-American.

But the headline of the story is technically not incorrect...that is that point being made I think...

He immigrated in '71, invention was "late 70s".