Under Tokyo Governor Koike Yuriko, the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly continues to appeal for the use of blockchain technology and the promotion of Web3, and realizes support for issuing security tokens and support for Web3 related startups. In 2024/1, an event hosted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, XR/Metaverse Contents Business World will be held for the first time, and businesses in new fields, including Web3 and AI, will be greatly promoted. At the global event SUSHI Tech TOKYO 2024, which will be held in the Bay Area from 4/27 to 5/26, the Tokyo Assembly proposed and realized the grant of SushiTech NFTs to commemorate visitors. It will be the first time an NFT will be issued at a major event in Tokyo. In addition, in particular, it supports food, arts and culture, entertainment, art, nighttime economy, startups, Web3, X R, metaverse, AI, e-sports, femtech, egg freezing, fashion, movies, coastal subcenter development, etc., and is implementing policies.

Japan Blockchain Association (JBA) Representative Director bitFlyer Blockchain Co., Ltd. Representative Director Goldman Sachs Securities Co., Ltd. and others, he co-founded bitFlyer Co., Ltd. in 2014/1. Since bitFlyer was founded, it has made efforts to make recommendations on domestic law revisions and formulate self-regulation rules, etc., and has successively served as CEO of bitFlyer USA, Inc. which is a crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange company and chairman of bitFlyer EUROPE S.A., contributing to the development of the crypto asset (virtual currency) exchange industry from a global perspective. Currently, in addition to serving as the representative director of bitFlyer Blockchain Co., Ltd., which was established in 2019/5, he also serves as representative director of the Japan Blockchain Association (JBA), general incorporated association Metaverse Japan advisor, ISO/TC307 National Deliberation Committee representative committee member, and Ministry of Defense opinion leader. They also attended the 2018 G7 Employment Innovation Ministerial Meeting, the 2019 G20/V20 VASP Summit, and the Public-Private Data Utilization Promotion Basic Plan Executive Committee hosted by the Cabinet Secretariat, etc. as experts, and are working ambitiously for the development of the web3 industry.

Mr. Genki Oda is an entrepreneur, investor, and business revitalization expert who serves as the representative director (chairman) of the Japan Crypto Asset Exchange Association (JVCEA), the managing executive officer of SBI Holdings, and the representative director of Bitpoint Japan Co., Ltd. Since establishing our own company in 2001, we have launched various businesses. In 2016, he founded the cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint and became its CEO. In 2019, he was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.

Ken Kodama began his career as a certified financial planner providing financial planning services to clients. During this period, he began his research on digital assets and cryptocurrencies. After becoming convinced of its enormous influence on traditional industries, he completely switched to the blockchain industry in 2014. Ken Kodama launched the Cardano blockchain with Charles Hoskinson in 2015 and became one of Cardano's early co-founders. And in 2015, we founded EMURGO to focus on commercial development of the Cardano ecosystem. Since then, Ken Kodama has led EMURGO's rapid global expansion, launched EMURGO academies in India and Indonesia, trained developers who are ambitious to build Web3 applications on Cardano, and developed Cardano's first official light wallet “Yoroi Wallet” in 2018 to prepare for Cardano's Web3 era.

After graduating from university, I got a job at a credit card company. I changed my job to Yahoo in 2006 and experienced formulating business strategies and being responsible for payment/banking services in the media and advertising fields. He was seconded to Japan Net Bank (currently PayPay Bank), launched commercial finance services, and engaged in business management and marketing business. He is also in charge of the director of the digital marketing subsidiary (JV) between Megabank and Yahoo. After that, he was engaged in the MaaS business at DeNA and MobilityTechnologies (currently GO) and participated in the GO launch phase. Implemented multiple project leads. After joining NEC in 2021, he was in charge of new digital service businesses such as web3, biometrics, metaverse, and secret computation.

Graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering and joined Sony Corporation in the same year. Engaged in product design and development, product planning, and marketing work. After that, I launched a new fintech business with internet securities, and experienced customer experience, CX strategy promotion, etc. Joined Sony Bank in 2022, and currently promotes new business planning related to Web3 as Sony Bank DX Business Planning Manager, and also works for SNFT Corporation.

Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 2007. After experiencing multiple new business development, he joined Coincheck Co., Ltd. in 2018. It mainly oversees departments in charge of new business development, new handling of crypto assets, and external relations with industry groups, etc. Since 2020, as an executive officer, he has created new businesses such as the first Japanese crypto asset exchange NFT marketplace and Japan's first IEO. He became the representative director of Coincheck Technologies in 2021 and the managing executive officer of Coincheck in 2022/6. As a business manager in the Web3 domain, he leads the NFT business, metaverse business, etc. Under the partnership that the company and Animoca Brands signed in 2020, they are also involved in the Japanese expansion of “The Sandbox” and “Otherside.” Currently, he serves as an advisor for the Japan Crypto Asset Business Association (JCBA), the Shibuya-ku startup ecosystem, the web3 project “OASIS”, and LIFULL Co., Ltd. His books include “Textbook of NFT” and “Non-Fungibble Me” (Asahi Shimbun Publishing).

James is an early investor and experienced entrepreneur in the digital asset space. He saw through the potential of companies such as LedgerX, Coinlist, Circle, and 3iQ, as well as blockchain ecosystems such as Polkadot and Kusama networks. He has made significant contributions to the ecosystem through capital allocations and donations, and actively supports Parachain auctions.

Tony Gu is a general partner at NGC Ventures. Prior to founding NGC Ventures, he was a general partner at Rhodium Capital, a cross-border buyout advisory firm. Tony focuses on large-scale buyout deals in North Asian countries and has completed multiple deals in the technology, financial services, and consumer sectors, with a total transaction value of over $1 billion.