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At the official panel session "The Cutting Edge of AI Films: What Is Happening Now in the Entertainment World? What Does Its Future Look Like?" during SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, leading global filmmakers, festival directors, and industry executives gathered to discuss how artificial intelligence is moving past the stage of simple novelty to fundamentally restructure the creative process and economic models of cinema. Moderated by violinist Sumire Hirotsuru, the panel featured Joh

At the SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 Summit, a high-level panel of international music executives, startup founders, and legal experts gathered under the cooperation of the Japan Culture and Entertainment Industry Promotion Association (CEIPA) to address a critical question: How can technology propel Japanese music beyond its traditional borders and sustainably scale it globally? Moderated by Takayuki Suzuki, Representative Director of Music Tech Japan, the discussion highlighted a m

At the global technology summit SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, the discussion surrounding digital governance took a major leap forward on the Innovation Stage. During a panel session titled "Governments at the Frontline in the Age of Agentic AI: Towards a Resilient Society through Global Collaboration," digital leaders from Estonia and Ukraine outlined a profound shift in how nations operate. Modern states are transitioning from passive "digital portals" into active, autonomous "agen

At the prestigious SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 global tech summit, in the session titled "Innovation in Action: Connecting Startups to ADB Opportunities," representatives from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) unveiled an ambitious, tripartite framework designed to bridge the gap between private sector innovation and public sector development needs. Leveraging Tokyo’s world-renowned urban systems as metaphors, the speakers demonstrated how ADB serves as an "honest broker" and financ

Third Ecosystem and Universiti Malaya co-hosted a startup pitch event. Explore four promising deep-tech startups and the potential for open innovation and co-creation with Japanese companies.

At the heart of the global technology landscape, France has emerged as a powerhouse of innovation. Today, the French startup ecosystem boasts over 33,000 startups, 35 unicorns, and has created over 1.1 million jobs since 2000. Backed by massive public and private support, including the historic €54 billion "France 2030" investment plan and hyper-growth support structures like the French Tech Next 40/120, French startups are actively expanding their footprints worldwide. On Da

Introduction: A Shared Industrial Legacy Faces an Urgent Digital Frontier At SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, a critical panel discussion titled "From Pilot to Production: What Japan Can Learn from Germany in Scaling AI for Industrial Impact" gathered leading industrial minds to address a foundational challenge. Germany, renowned globally for deep engineering expertise, and Japan, celebrated for manufacturing excellence (monozukuri), share deep structural similarities. Both nations pos

At the prestigious SusHi Tech Tokyo arena, the 2nd National Network Conference (NINEJP in SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026) successfully gathered nine researchers and university-spun innovation teams. Supported by a nation-wide platform designed to provide global branding, database integration for venture capital, and commercialization support, these visionaries pitched deep-tech solutions ranging from real-time agricultural spectroscopy to medical imaging for rare cancers. Evaluated by