Corporate Partner Pick Up ～ Event-Day Exhibitor & Session Highlights ～

NTT East, with NTT DATA, showcased “Disaster Prevention DX” for urban resilience. It presented solutions across sky, ground, and underground, enabling faster, data-driven decisions. The exhibition highlighted NTT East’s role in strengthening disaster resilience.

https://www.ntt-east.co.jp/

From Ideas to Impact: Asian Development Bank at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) brought a distinct lens to SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026, showcasing how bold concepts can evolve into real-world solutions.

By connecting startups, investors, and public sector expertise with government priorities, ADB illustrated how ideas can move from early-stage concepts to investment-ready initiatives. Through ADB’s booth, micro talks, and stage session, ADB brought a strong focus on building the right ecosystems where investors, policymakers, and innovators can align around shared goals that respond to real needs.

ADB will continue to participate in events that bring together stakeholders addressing development challenges. These events are an opportunity to listen, learn, and build relationships with partners who share a commitment to practical solutions to today’s challenges.

ADB supports governments by connecting them with global partners to develop inclusive, resilient, and deployable projects that deliver tangible benefits for communities across Asia and the Pacific.

To learn more, visit adb.org

https://www.adb.org/

"NEC Open Innovation – The future is ours to shape."
At SusHi Tech Tokyo, the NEC booth showcased innovative co-creation initiatives across five key themes: Sustainability, Life, Business, Work, and Impact.
The exhibits highlighted breakthrough solutions born from collaborations with startups and partner companies, including initiatives for recycled materials, digital health records, AI-driven marketing and business development support, and AI-powered workforce services.
Over the three-day event, approximately 2,400 visitors stopped by the booth, sparking dynamic dialogue with a diverse mix of startups, established corporations, and government representatives.
In addition, our booth seminars shared the background and successful outcomes of these projects, drawing strong interest from attendees.
NEC's innovation leaders—including President and CEO Takayuki Morita—also took part as speakers in the session programs, with four sessions that fostered discussions on the future of trustworthy AI and the evolving role of technology in society.
Feedback from attendees was highly encouraging, with comments such as, “The variety of co-creation models was insightful,” and “I'm very interested in the startup studio.”
The event successfully expanded the possibilities for future co-creation with NEC toward real-world implementation.
New co-creation opportunities are already set in motion from SusHi Tech Tokyo.
NEC will continue to shape a diverse and inspiring future, turning the unique ambitions and ideas of individuals into reality together.

https://www.nec.com/en/global/innovation/index.html?cid=sst2026_pbsns_noi

Shimizu Corporation hosted a session titled “Can We Build Cities that Capture CO₂ from the Air? — Urban Innovation through Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration.”

The session welcomed Professor Makoto Asai of Keio University as moderator, alongside Mr. Tetsuo Moriyama, President of Carbon Extract Co., Ltd., Mr. Moriharu Okano, Director at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Industrial and Labor Affairs, and Mr. Kazumi Sato, Executive Officer of Shimizu Corporation. The speakers discussed urban decarbonization and the creation of innovation through cross-sector collaboration. The session attracted significant attention, with standing audiences observed during the event, reflecting growing interest in urban GX initiatives and carbon capture technologies.

Later that evening, Shimizu Corporation also hosted a side event at its innovation hub, “Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE,” welcoming more than 80 participants. Through pitches, poster exhibitions, and networking opportunities involving GX-related companies, startups, and public-sector stakeholders, active discussions took place regarding future collaboration and social implementation.

As technological advancement and societal challenges continue to evolve rapidly, Shimizu Corporation believes that open innovation is essential to reducing uncertainty and creating new value. Through “Smart Innovation Ecosystem NOVARE,” Shimizu Corporation will continue collaborating with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, startups, academia, and other partners to create new urban value and drive future innovation.

https://www.shimz.co.jp/

Sony Network Communications Inc. exhibited at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 under the theme “Supporting inspiring experiences through communications and AI.” At the booth, the company showcased a range of services combining communications, AI, and data technologies, including NURO, mSafety, Nimway, Shpica, and Prediction One.

Visitors showed strong interest in solutions that leverage communications infrastructure and AI to support safer environments, smarter workplaces, and enhanced collaboration. The exhibition provided opportunities to engage with startups, partners, and visitors from various industries, leading to new connections and discussions for future collaboration.

https://www.sonynetwork.co.jp/

The Tokyo Stock Exchange exhibited booths featuring the Supported Companies of the “TSE Asia Startup Hub” at SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026. Through the introduction of innovative services and products, as well as live demonstrations, we created valuable opportunities for interaction with a wide range of visitors.
The “TSE Asia Startup Hub” is an initiative designed to support promising Asian startups with ties to Japan by facilitating business expansion in the Japanese market, promoting collaboration with Japanese companies, and supporting potential listings on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. This event provided these companies with a valuable platform to directly connect with business corporations and investors.
Participating startups shared positive feedback, such as gaining access to diverse companies and investors, acquiring leads with potential for business discussions, and advancing concrete discussions toward future collaboration. In several cases, the event led to actual business meetings and follow-up discussions with major corporations and investors, demonstrating its role in generating new business opportunities.
This event represents a key initiative led by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government to foster innovation. As a partner of the TSE Asia Startup Hub, we sincerely appreciate the significant support provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The scale and quality of participants enabled highly effective networking opportunities, reaffirming the value and forward-looking nature of this initiative.
The Tokyo Stock Exchange will continue to work together with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and our partners to further advance the global innovation ecosystem.

https://www.jpx.co.jp/english/equities/listing-on-tse/startuphub/index.html

TSUCREA Co., Ltd. promoted content, entrepreneurship education, and global collaboration through TCIC, IntoGlobal, and other projects. It held sessions on AI in film and student careers, presented a SusHi Tech Challenge award, hosted a content event, and signed an MOU with Taiwan Startup Terrace.

https://tsucrea.com/

U.S.-based AI interpretation solutions company XL8 participated in SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 as an official AI technology partner, providing its real-time AI interpretation solution, EventCAT. The company delivered real-time Japanese-English subtitle interpretation across eight major stages, including the Innovation Stage and Impact Stage, supporting a wide range of programs and VIP sessions featuring Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike. XL8 helped enable smooth communication between global speakers and the large audience gathered at Tokyo Big Sight.
At its on-site booth, XL8 also showcased live demonstrations of EventCAT’s real-time subtitles and AI voice interpretation features. The booth attracted visitors from Japanese corporations, global enterprises, venture capital firms, government organizations, and the MICE industry. Attendees showed strong interest in EventCAT’s support for more than 50 languages, as well as its high-quality Japanese translation capabilities.

https://www.eventcat.com/en

Yamato Holdings exhibited at SusHi Tech TOKYO 2026 to widely showcase our open innovation initiatives, driven by our Innovation Promotion Department, which accelerate investments through the "KURONEKO Innovation Fund" (CVC) and foster business co-creation. At our booth, we proudly introduced seven of our startup partners who walk alongside us on this journey, engaging in active and meaningful discussions with visitors regarding future value-up opportunities and collaboration.

In addition, we displayed actual autonomous delivery robots from two of our portfolio startups, conducting live driving and operational demonstrations inside the booth. This hands-on experience allowed many attendees to complete surveys and receive novelty items via the robots, providing them with a firsthand feel for the next-generation logistics envisioned by the Yamato Group.

We are truly delighted to have discussed new possibilities for co-creation with so many participants during the event. Moving forward, we will continue to take on new challenges with our partner companies to generate "new value" that makes everyone's daily lives even more convenient and fulfilling.

https://www.kuroneko-v.com/