Day 1: SusHi Tech Tokyo, 29 April#

Tokyo Big Sight.

SusHi Tech Tokyo 2026 filled Tokyo Big Sight with vendors and startups from around the world. I went for PixeVision to see what is on the market and to meet people we could work with: augmented reality, vision systems, new safety feedback systems, digital twins and more.

[IN YOUR WORDS: what stood out to you on the day]

AI-powered cherry sorting at the University of Yamanashi booth.

Japanese-made AI robots at Highlanders.

EX-Fusion, working on laser fusion energy.

NTT East and NTT Data, on next-generation disaster prevention.

Tokyo Tatemono’s booth.

A puppet performance on one of the stages:

Day 2: Osaka, 30 April#

The next day I was in Osaka at Three-Up Technology, the partner that now introduces PixeVision’s EKE™ to manufacturers in Japan. The full story is on the project page.

Three-Up Technology’s office.

Their demo wall of PLCs, an HMI touch panel, I/O modules and an edge PC.

[IN YOUR WORDS: how the meeting went]

Okonomiyaki with Mikami-san from Three-Up, down an alley in Osaka.