HDMI is a standard enacted by Japanese companies.
https://www.hdmi.org/about/index.aspx(japan) Comprised of Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
(nederland) Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.,
(usa) Lattice Semiconductor Corporation,
(japan) Panasonic Corporation,
(japan) Sony Corporation,
(france) Technicolor S.A. (formerly known as Thomson)
(japan) Toshiba Corporation,