The rotating table of Chinese restaurants from Japan?

As today is Chinese Cuisine day in Japan, I was reading various articles about Chinese cuisine in Japan and I came across an interesting article that suggests the rotating table associated with Chinese restaurants, pictured, may have been invented in Japan!

On further reading, there may be a truth to it. The modern style rotating table we see at restaurants today, may be thanks to a Japanese man. However, the first recorded mention of a revolving table in history was in 1298. Invented by a Chinese official, Wang Zhen.  The modern rotating or revolving table was designed in 1932 by Japanese man, Mr Hosokawa. So he is credited, by some, with inventing a version for dining, a rotating tray placed on a table. This Japanese innovation likely helped popularize the idea of a turntable for shared dishes, fitting well with Chinese communal dining. 

In English it is called a "Lazy Susan", a fact I only learned for the first time a couple of years ago! I think in Ireland most people just refer to them as rotating tables! The origins of the "Lazy Susan" seem unclear with various rumors and speculations about how the name may have originated.