Japan Blockchain Week Summit 2025: A Global Forum on AI and Web3 Innovations

Japan Blockchain Week Summit 2025

The Japan Blockchain Week (JBW) has proudly announced its upcoming event, the "Japan Blockchain Week Summit 2025: AI Edition," set to take place on August 23, 2025 at Tokyo's Dragon Gate. As we stand on the brink of the AGI era, this summit aims to address the multidimensional changes that AI and Web3 technologies will bring to our social, economic, and industrial structures.

Background and Concept

The Japan Blockchain Week Summit 2025: AI Edition serves as an international forum exploring the profound transformations brought by rapidly advancing AI technologies. It will gather AI researchers, business leaders, technology innovators, and top figures from the global blockchain industry to engage in crucial discussions. At a time when the possibility of ASI (Artificial Superintelligence) is becoming tangible, the summit aims to deepen discussions on the essential changes facing humanity due to AI.

Web3, generated as a counterargument to centralized platforms, represents a community of thinkers and technologists committed to individual freedom and empowerment. Their constant vigilance towards societal transformation has now turned its focus toward the new frontiers opened by Generative AI (GenAI) technologies and the subsequent paradigm shifts.

While GenAI can provide immense benefits to society, it also reveals significant challenges, such as centralization in development and operation, biases in training data, algorithmic opacity, and issues surrounding the ownership of AI-generated content. In this context, the decentralized governance insights that Web3 has meticulously cultivated, along with its concepts of self-sovereign identity and privacy-preserving technologies like zero-knowledge proofs, are vital. They will contribute to constructing new trust frameworks and mechanisms for equitable value creation and distribution in the AI era.

The summit will gather the wisdom of pioneers from both AI and Web3 fields, fostering multifaceted discussions on core themes related to future societal design. This event has evolved from the Tokyo Blockchain Game Conference, Japan's first NFT conference launched in 2018, now entering its eighth year. Today, it serves as a global hub where experts converge at the forefront of innovative technologies such as AI and Web3 to collaboratively envision future societal landscapes.

A notable figure participating in the 2025 summit is Kunimitsu Mabuuchi, a director at the Japan Blockchain Week, co-representative of XinobiAI, and a member of the Japan Deep Learning Association. His presence as a main speaker and discussion moderator will drive the discourse at the event.

In an exciting addition, the summit will feature the first humanoid robot equipped with an AI system called G1, developed by GMO AI & Robotics Corporation, as a support facilitator in the venue. Additionally, the virtual human MIRAI, crafted by Aww, will serve as the MC, adding to the futuristic ambiance of the event.

Participants can look forward to an engaging experience at this innovative event space, showcasing the latest technology. Coindesk Japan will continue to support this summit as a special media partner.

First Round of Speakers

Among the first confirmed speakers are:

- Takeshi Iizaki, General Manager at NVIDIA Japan - NVIDIA
- Kensuke Ozawa, Representative Director of AICX Association - AICX
- Chisato Kunimoto, CEO of Cynthialy Inc. - Cynthialy
- Hironori Yamashiro, CEO of GMO Tenbin AI - GMO Tenbin AI
- Masahiro Chayan, CEO of Digirise - Digirise
- Kunimitsu Mabuuchi, Representative of XinobiAI - XinobiAI

Projects Presenting at the First Round:

Further announcements of domestic and international AI and Web3 leaders will follow.

Event Overview

- Date: August 23, 2025
- Venue: Tokyo, Dragon Gate
- Organizer: Japan Blockchain Week
- Ticket Site: JBWSummit2025

Related Events

The Japan Blockchain Week 2025 will feature several partner events:

- Solana SuperTokyo on August 24
- WebX from August 25-26
- Blockchain Leaders Summit on August 27
- ETH Tokyo from September 12-15
- Edcon from September 16-19

About Japan Blockchain Week

Founded in 2018, Japan Blockchain Week is an initiative connecting Japan's blockchain ecosystem with the world's leading communities. Its goal is to foster deep exchanges among key players and projects in the domestic and international spheres and catalyze new partnerships. This year, a variety of major conferences, meetups, and side events will be held in Tokyo, contributing to the revitalization of Japan's Web3 scene and enhancing its international presence.

Media Inquiries

For media coverage and inquiries, please contact the Japan Blockchain Week Secretariat (Public Relations Contact: Yanai) via email at staff@japanblockchainweek.jp