KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026
Overview
The Japanese edition of the world's largest Kubernetes and cloud-native technology conference. Hosted by CNCF, it features two days of keynotes, sessions across 10+ tracks, tutorials, and networking. All sessions are later published on the CNCF YouTube channel.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2024
- Founder
- Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Established as the Japanese edition of KubeCon held in North America and Europe, aiming to expand the cloud-native community in the Asia-Pacific region
Transition
- 2024 KubeCon Japan初開催（東京）
- 2025 横浜での開催に移行
- 2026 パシフィコ横浜で7/29-30に開催決定
Voices
A great opportunity for those who can't attend overseas KubeCon events. Japanese-language sessions are also substantial.
I could catch up on the latest cloud-native trends and gain insights directly applicable to my work.
Two days of sessions and connections with engineers from around the world (from aki366's report, in Japanese)
Caught up on cloud-native trends at the first Japan edition and felt the push to level up English skills (from Bikiniki's report, in Japanese)
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