SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026
Overview
Asia's largest global innovation conference hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Startups, corporations, investors, and city representatives from around the world gather to discuss and advance sustainable future societies. The event spans two business days and one public day, attracting over 60,000 visitors in 2025.
Speakers
- Yuriko Koike (Governor of Tokyo)
- Numerous CEOs of overseas startups
Foundation
- Founded
- 2023
- Founder
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Founded by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government under the concept of 'Sustainable High City Tech Tokyo' to solve global urban challenges and strengthen the startup ecosystem
Transition
- 2023 First edition held at Tokyo Big Sight, Ariake Arena, and other venues
- 2024 Expanded in scale with more overseas startups taking part
- 2025 Recorded over 60,000 visitors and expanded the global startup pitch program
Voices
The credibility of being hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is reassuring, with many opportunities to connect with overseas VCs. A new model for government-startup collaboration.
The public day offered content enjoyable for general audiences, providing a hands-on experience of the future of technology.
A three-time exhibitor that spoke on a panel and built a network toward ASEAN expansion (from learningBOX's report, in Japanese)
An exhibitor that learned the value of strategic booth design and drew energy from overseas startups (from ZAICO's report, in Japanese)
A tech writer attending Business Day was amazed to see a 3D-printed house exhibit in person and felt the event opened up new work possibilities (from studioKOKS's report, in Japanese)
As an exhibitor, TIMEWELL's CEO saw booth traffic far exceed internal forecasts over three days, with more English-language business talks than expected, sensing that dealing with overseas startups has become the default (from Ryuta Hamamoto's report)
In the News
- SusHi Tech opens at Tokyo Big Sight, gathering startups from Japan and abroad (in Japanese)
- SusHi Tech Tokyo opens with 600 startups from Japan and abroad networking, plus a free-admission Public Day on the 10th (in Japanese)
- SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 opens as the metropolitan government creates encounters among 613 startups (in Japanese)
Sponsors
ゴールドパートナー
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中央日本土地建物グループ -
三井不動産 -
森ビル -
野村不動産 -
NTTデータ -
NTTEAST -
セールスフォース -
ソニー -
住友不動産 -
東京きらぼし -
東京建物 -
東急 -
東急不動産
シルバーパートナー
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アジア開発銀行 -
CIC -
Deel -
DG Daiwa Ventures -
Event Cat（XL8） -
富士通 -
Google -
JAL -
KDDI -
LED TOKYO -
日本マイクロソフト -
三菱電機 -
三菱地所 -
三菱倉庫 -
みずほ銀行 -
三菱UFJフィナンシャルグループ -
三菱UFJモルガン・スタンレー証券 -
NEC -
NIPA -
パナソニックコネクト -
Qualcomm -
清水建設 -
三井住友銀行 -
ソフトバンク -
ソニーネットワークコミュニケーションズ -
東京証券取引所 -
ツクリエ -
ヤマト
ブロンズパートナー
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アゴライズ株式会社 -
アサヒグループ -
ドーナツロボ -
ダスキンレントオール -
本田技研工業 -
intercom -
KOTOBA technologies -
日本M&Aセンター -
レッドブル -
ソニーPCL -
寺田倉庫 -
VRI-Holdings -
ゼブラ
ベーシックパートナー
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アルテミス・ベンチャーズ -
アマゾンウェブサービスジャパン -
AVITA -
タカラトミー（ベイブレード） -
キャノンマーケティングジャパン -
デイブレイク -
デジタルガレージ -
Dai Nippon Printing -
ファシリティジャポン -
キンコーズ -
LINEヤフー -
ポケトーク -
三井住友信託銀行
Source: official sponsor list (as of October 9, 2026)
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