The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has kicked off the Showcase Program of Sustainable High City Tech Tokyo (SusHi Tech Tokyo), an event expected to attract more than 500,000 domestic and international visitors.
Designed to showcase Tokyo-originated innovations for solving problems faced by urban areas globally, such as sustainability, energy and mobility, SusHi Tech Tokyo will run until May 26, 2024. In addition to the Showcase Program, which offers a model for urban living in the future by fusing nature and convenience, the event features a Global Startup Program and a City Leaders Program.
The Showcase Program showcases life in Tokyo in 2050 through a range of interactive exhibits and demonstrations including cutting-edge mobility options for all abilities and state of the art technologies in renewable energy, environmental improvement and resource recycling. Visitors can also watch a flying vehicle on select days.
Keisuke Saito, director of policy research at the policy division office of the governor at Tokyo Metropolitan Government, told TTGmice that the Showcase Program, held in Odaiba and the capital’s waterfront area, is expected to attract many international tourists.
As part of SusHi Tech Tokyo, a Global Startup Program was held from May 15-16. The largest startup event in Asia, the event welcomed 40,000 participants, 4,000 representatives of startups and 400 exhibitors. Meanwhile, the City Leaders Program brought together experts from five continents to discuss problems and solutions from May 15-17.
Both programmes were designed to showcase Tokyo as a leading global business events destination, an important goal for the Japanese government which aims for Japan to become the top business events destination in Asia by 2030.
