The event by Japan Automatic Identification Systems Association (JAISA) will take place at Tokyo Big Sight in the South Hall for 3 days from October 6 to 8, 2021

The exhibition brings together ID technologies such as barcodes, two-dimensional symbols, RFID, image recognition, and biometrics, as well as automatic recognition solutions that use ID technologies to improve business efficiency, reduce costs, manage safety and quality, and improve overall customer service.

This year’s special “Mobile & Wearable Zone” will feature mobile, mobile-connected, and wearable devices, and an “Image Recognition Zone” will present the latest trends and case studies using image recognition technology.
Other themed exhibits include AUTO-ID: Linking the Future – Automatic Identification Supporting the SDGs, JAISA Introducing Automatic Identification Technology Activities, Automatic Identification Seminar (Business Technology Spice seminar) followed by a number of presentations by organizers and exhibitors.

The exhibition will be held concurrently with IFPEX2021 – International Fluid Power Exhibition, Measuring Technology Expo 2021, TEST2021 – Japan Testing Technology Show, and Sensor Expo Japan 2021 Autumn. All of them will offer mutual admission.

■ Exhibition Outline
The 23rd AUTO-ID & COMMUNICATION EXPO 2021
Dates: October 6 (Wed) – 8 (Fri), 2021 10:00 – 17:00
Venue: Tokyo Big Sight, South Hall 4F
Admission: 1,000 yen *free for visitors with invitation tickets

HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL 2021 will take place at the Tokyo Midtown Hibiya Step Plaza from October 22 to 29, 2021.

The 4th edition of HIBIYA CINEMA FESTIVAL, which has attracted a total of about 3.5 million visitors over the past three years, now proposes new ways to enjoy movies.
The festival will mark the debut of the new project – “Park Cinema”, the modern and time-appropriate take on classic cinema. A special addition to the seating arrangement is the family zone – with tables and a playground, spread over the lawn area. What can be a better way to spend time than to watch movies for free with your friends and family in a little open-air oasis in the middle of Tokyo?

A total of five films are scheduled to be screened, including The Goonies, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and everybody’s favorite – Minions.
In addition, a selection of the most popular works from the Toronto Japanese Film Festival which was held in June in Canada will be shown within the frame of Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Hibiya along with the live stream of director’s talk show.

Related events include “KINEJUN Library in Hibiya,” an exhibition of the “Kinema Junpo” – the Japan’s oldest film and cinema specialty magazine reporting on the film industry in Japan and announcing new movies and trends since July 1919.
After the event and starting from October 30 the International Film Festival will be moving its main venues to Hibiya, Yurakucho and Ginza areas.

“Tokyo Food Technology Week 2021” is a trade fair for food-related products organized by IJK.
It consists of three exhibitions: P&B JAPAN featuring retail, bakery and confectionery products, Nutritional Food Materials Expo focusing on health and nutritional foods, and Frozen, Retort & Instant Food Materials Technology Expo with products related to convenience food development technology.

One of the special displays – J&T pallets that can be used in food storage warehouses. The SDG-conscious 100% recycled plastic pallets have less odor than conventional plastic pallets due to the special cleaning process.
With the load capacity of 1 ton in the 1m x 1m size, the new pallet made with original mesh weighs only 10kg, which is lighter and stronger than other conventional pallets. These features make it a promising candidate for new development in the food industry.

Another notable presentation is from FCC System, a pest control and management company, which presented a new eco-friendly cleaning product for the entire restaurant, from the kitchen to the hall. It is offered as a yearly sanitation service and can be used not just for pests but also as an anti-bacterial and anti-virus disinfection.

Gunma Flour Milling, a manufacturer and seller of rice flour, which is mostly used in Japanese confectionaries, showcased its roasted soybean and brown rice flours, developed exclusively for bread baking
“We understand that it is difficult for the bakery to entirely change the main ingredient from wheat to rice flour. That’s why we introduce products that can be mixed into the dough they normally use, without disrupting the bakery routine,” says the company representative.
In addition, jointly developed by Starch Technologies Co., LTD. and Akita Prefectural University product – the resistant starch, which is known for its health benefits on the digestive system has been showcased at the expo as well. Its release is scheduled for 2022.

The Diet & Beauty Fair 2021 at Tokyo Big Sight Aomi Exhibition Hall will be held by Informa Markets Japan from September 13 to 15, 2021.

This year’s focus is on Femtech – products, and services that use technology orientated on women’s health.

Set to held concurrently with Spa & Wellness Japan and Anti-Ageing Japan, Diet & Beauty Fair includes following zones: Cosmetics & Beauty Equipment (products for face & body, mineral cosmetics, hair & scalp-care, nail-care & eyelash products, cosmetics for men, facial & slimming devices, etc.), Body-Making (corrective & functional underwear, diet & exercise machines and programs, sports apparel, shoes & related goods, etc.), Diet (supplements & low-calorie foods, nutritional & exercise consulting etc.), Inner Beauty (superfoods, natural & organic foods, macrobiotics etc.), Ingredient/OEM (anti-aging ingredients & raw materials, packaging, etc.), Beauty/Health Tech (AI, digital healthcare etc.), Business Support/Franchise & Sales Promotion.

Last year, 252 companies exhibited in 453 booths, and 12,805 people visited the show over the course of three days.

The exhibition will feature number of keynote speeches, events and seminars on Femcare and Femtech alongside with the updates on the current situation, market analysis and newest trends.

One of Japan’s largest computer entertainment festivals TGS 2021 – Tokyo Game Show organized by The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) will take place for four days from September 30 to October 3 in an online format.

With one month to go before the event, TGS 2021 Online Preparation Special live stream will be broadcasted on the
official Youtube channel starting from 5 pm on September 1st.

The contents of the program are as follows.

① Overview of TGS 2021
② Exhibitors
③ Exhibited Products (Vol. 1)
④ Exhibitors time schedule
⑤ Amazon Special Site
⑥ Indie Games / Sense of Wonder Night
⑦ Overview of the First Free Trial Titles
⑧ TGS VR
⑨ TOKYO GAME MUSIC FES
⑩ Collaboration T-shirts, official T-shirts
⑪ Overview of Makuhari venue
⑫ Official Supporter Announcement
⑬ Online Experience Tour
⑭ Online business appointments
⑮ Recruitment influencers
⑯ Upcoming Schedule

As this year’s TGS is the 25th anniversary of the event, it has been announced that a full orchestra concert of game music, “TOKYO GAME MUSIC FES”, will be held for the first time in TGS history.
The details will also be announced in the special program.

On August 28, HIKKY, a production company for XR-related events, began accepting applications from general exhibitors for the world’s largest VR event, Virtual Market (Vket) 2021 scheduled for December 4 to 18.
Virtual Market holds the Guinness World Record for “Most booths at a virtual reality market event” and is running 24 hours attracting more than 1 million visitors from all over the world, which makes it an unmissable event for anyone interested in VR.

Vket 2021 not just allows users to buy and sell both 3D – items such as avatars, and real products – clothes, computers, food & drink, etc.) at its virtual venue but also offers a number of other experiences such as riding the attractions, watching movies, and participating in live music performances, all within the venue.

Visitors can communicate with each other and enjoy a sense of reality as if they were enjoying the market together, in the real world.

Vket started as a way to buy and sell 3D data products between individuals, but in recent years, with the entry of major companies, the sale of real products has been enhanced, creating new possibilities for VR commerce.

Vket2021 will have a total of 534 booths in 15 different venues for the general exhibitors.
The application period ends at 23:59 on September 13, with the lottery results to be announced on September 20.
The exhibition fee is 3,300 JPY.

Under the title of TOKYO Premium Social Studies 2021 the new custom-made 2 days-long tours covering all the best from Tokyo Station area, Sunshine City in Ikebukuro, and Tokyo Dome in Suidobashi, were created as a safe and convenient way to re-discover the beauty of the city..

Organizers have prepared two types of tours providing a refreshing and interesting experience including the excursion to the backyard of the famous Tokyo Dome stadium and privately reserved just for the tour participants the whole SKY CIRCUS observation deck located on the 60th floor of the Sunshine City complex.

The first tour, covering Sunshine City observation deck and aquarium at day and Tokyo Dome at night with a stay at the Tokyo Dome Hotel will take place on September 11, September 26, and October 3, 2021
The second tour offering the Sunshine City experience during the daytime followed by the midnight excursion of the Tokyo Station City, is scheduled for November 6, 2021. Hotel options include Tokyo Station Hotel and the Hotel Metropolitan Marunouchi.

Each tour has a maximum capacity of 40 people.
Tickets sold by the travel agency Tabikobo.

The Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association (CESA) will hold online business meetings for five days from September 29 to October 3 as a part of Tokyo Game Show 2021 Online (TGS2021 ONLINE). The application period for the fee-paid participants with user registration and appointment scheduling starts on August 20.
The Tokyo Game Show not only promotes new games, new products and new services to the game fans but also attracts many companies seeking new business partners and opportunities.
All B-to-B negotiations scheduled to be held in online-only format.
Interested industry professionals can register in the Business Matching System by purchasing a “Gold Pass” or a “General Pass”, view profiles of exhibitors with technologies, products, and services they provide, and to make all necessary business appointments through the system.
Gold Pass registration fee is 27,500 yen per account and it allows user to contact all online exhibitors (over 300 companies, both domestic and overseas) as well as other participants.
General Pass registration fee is 11,000 yen per account and it allows user to contact only the exhibitors.

The Japan Machine Tool Builders’ Association (JMTBA) and Tokyo Big Sight have announced that 31st edition of Japan International Machine Tool Fair 2022 (JIMTOF) will be held at Tokyo Big Sight for six days from November 8 to 13, 2022.
The application period for members starts from October 1.
Held biennially JIMTOF, is Japan’s largest machine tool trade fair, celebrating its 60th anniversary this year.
This time in addition to the East and West Exhibition Halls of Tokyo Big Sight, the South Exhibition Hall will be used as an extended venue, making the total exhibition area 118,540 ㎡, the largest ever.
A new special program, “Additive Manufacturing Area in JIMTOF 2022,” will be set in the South Exhibition Hall.
In 2020, the event was held online for the first time due to the spread of COVID-19. In 2022, the event will be held on-site, with expanded online catalog functions and detailed information on the official website.
Organizers aiming to create a sense of anticipation for the event, attract visitors, and stimulate business negotiations.

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. will hold an online exhibition, “DX and the World of Entertainment in Digital Koshien,” at the 3D reproduction of the Hanshin Koshien Stadium “The Digital Koshien” for four days from September 7 to 10, 2021.
This is the second event following the “With Corona Exhibition in Digital Koshien” held in March this year, and uses the virtual space platform “XR CLOUD” developed and operated by monoAI technology.
Exhibitors and visitors can make two-way voice calls through their avatars and experience a sense of reality as if they were having a business meeting on the ground of the actual Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
Exhibitors will include Marubeni Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Hakuhodo DY Holdings Inc. ASICS, NTT Communications, TIS, etc.
About 25 celebrities are expected to participate in the online seminar, including Member of the House of Representatives and Minister of Defense Taro Kono, President of KADOKAWA Takeshi Natsuno, President of SHOWROOM Yuji Maeda, President of HiRAKU and former captain of the Japanese national rugby team Toshiaki Hirose, and a famous director, television producer, critic, and writer Terry Itoh. The lecture will be projected on a large screen set up near the home base of the Digital Koshien, and visitors will be able to listen to the lecture through their avatars.
This online exhibition uses the know-how of monoAI technology and has convenient features such as “private voice chat function”, “business card exchange function”, and “booth transfer function”.