WIPO Japan Office Organized the “WIPO GREEN Technology Forum 2026”

On June 5, 2026, the WIPO Japan Office organized the WIPO GREEN Technology Forum 2026: Featuring Japan’s Innovations for a Sustainable Future.

WIPO promotes the WIPO GREEN initiative to encourage the dissemination of green technologies and strengthen international collaboration. The Forum was held with the aim of promoting international matching between advanced environmental technologies developed by Japanese companies, universities and other institutions, and concrete technology needs in the Asia-Pacific region, particularly India and ASEAN, as well as the Middle East and Africa. It provided a platform to explore various forms of collaboration, including technology transfer, licensing, joint demonstration projects and research partnerships, in support of addressing global environmental challenges.

989 participants registered from Japan and around the world, including the Asia-Pacific region, the Middle East and Africa, while around 80 participants attended in person, demonstrating strong international interest in environmentally sustainable technologies from Japan.

Program

In his opening remarks, Tomoki Sawai, Director of the WIPO Japan Office, emphasized the importance of international cooperation in delivering Japan’s excellent environmental technologies to regions where they are most needed to help address global environmental challenges, and noted that WIPO GREEN serves as a bridge in this regard.

As a guest speaker, Yasuyuki Kasai, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), highlighted the importance of disseminating green technologies through the effective use of intellectual property, and expressed his expectations for the Forum as a venue that connects technologies with needs.

Shinobu Yamaguchi, Director of the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), stressed that achieving a sustainable and decarbonized society requires ;the rapid delivery of green technologies to regions that need them, and welcomed the efforts of WIPO GREEN.

Masafumi Yamamoto, Executive Officer in charge of Global Intellectual Property Strategy at Daikin Industries, Ltd. and WIPO GREEN Ambassador in Japan, pointed to Japan’s strength in the practical implementation of environmental technologies, and expressed his hope that the Forum would serve as a first step toward new dialogue and partnership building.

Dr. Nompumelelo Obokoh, Head of Climate Change and Food Security, Office of the Assistant Director General, Global Challenges and Partnerships Sector, WIPO, introduced WIPO GREEN as a global platform that has evolved to connect environmental needs with innovative technologies, and noted that technology showcase opportunities such as this Forum play an important role in promoting technology transfer.

In the latter half of the program, representatives from all participating organizations introduced their initiatives and engaged in a dynamic open discussion, sharing their requests and feedback for WIPO GREEN. 

At the forum, 18 companies, universities, and other organizations took the stage to introduce advanced technologies in the fields of semiconductor technology, waste treatment and recycling, water treatment, renewable energy/energy conservation, smart agriculture/climate-adaptive agricultural technology, smart cities, and sanitation technology.

In the first half of the session, eight Japanese companies and universities gave presentations on waste treatment and recycling, water treatment, and semiconductor technology.

Waste management / Recycling

• Green Blue Corporation：Fine bubble systems for wastewater treatment
• Takenaka Corporation：Biogas Generation System "Metafarm"
• LIXIL Corporation：revia -Plastic Recycled Materials
• GOMI Solutions Co., Ltd.：Sustainable Waste Management Using Pyrolysis Technology
• Tohoku University (Prof. Hayashi)：Sustainable Nanomaterial Manufacturing via Non-Equilibrium Reaction Fields

 Semiconductor Technologies

• SHINDENGENELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.：SiC (Silicon Carbide) Devices・SiC-SBD・SiC-MOSFET

 Water treatment

• Daicel Corporation：Wastewater treatment solution for industrial/activated sludge effluent; TB-RO membrane 
• HINODE SANGYO Co. LTD.：Sustainable water regeneration technology: Oxygen supply equipment (HMB)

In the second part of the session, ten Japanese companies and universities presented on renewable and energy-saving technologies, smart/climate-adaptive agriculture, smart cities, and sanitation technologies.

Renewable Energy / Energy Efficiency

• Green Science Alliance Co., Ltd.：Recycled type Lithium Ion Battery made from Black Mass
• Kanazawa University (Prof. Ueno)：V-GENERATOR: micro-vibration energy harvesting device仮想同期発電機機能付き蓄電池用インバータ（VSG-PCS）
• MEIDENSHA CORPORATION：Inverters for Battery Energy Storage System with Virtual Synchronous Generator Functions (VSG-PCS)
• Toyo Aluminium Ekco Products Co., Ltd.：Black Aluminum Foil for Cooking - enabling fast and tasty stone baked sweet potatoes in a toaster oven

Smart agriculture / Climate adaptation

• Tohoku University (Prof. Kaneko)：Sustainable Agriculture Using Atmospheric-Pressure Air Plasma
• Tsubame BHB Co., Ltd./ Institute of Science Tokyo：Distributed Green Ammonia
• National University Corporation Tottori University (Assoc. Prof. Ishii)：TFMSA induces male sterility in a variety of plant species, paving the way for a novel approach to plant breeding
• Kisui Co., Ltd.：Adam-All-Terrain AI Robotics for Low-Carbon Sustainable Agriculture

Smart city 

• Pixie Dust Technologies, Inc. ：Creating Sustainable Urban Spaces Through Acoustic Metamaterials and Biophilic Design

Sanitation Technologies

• Seiwa-Denko Co.,Ltd：The new Bio-Lux toilet and the new Bio-Lux Water purification system

Each presentation was followed by a Q&A session, during which participants actively exchanged views on issues such as applicability in overseas markets, alignment with local needs, challenges in implementation, and opportunities for future partnerships. The discussions demonstrated strong international interest in Japanese environmental technologies and raised expectations for future matching opportunities through WIPO GREEN.

In his closing remarks, Mr. Sawai emphasized that the 18 advanced environmental technologies presented at the Forum have significant potential to address challenges faced in different parts of the world and expressed his hope that the Forum would serve as a starting point for new collaboration.

A networking event was also held after the Forum, providing participants with an opportunity to further exchange views on possible areas of cooperation.

The Forum was organized by the WIPO Japan Office, with support from the Japan Patent Office (JPO), the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), and the Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA).

Videos of the guest remarks and presentations by participating organizations will be made available on the website at a later date.

The WIPO Japan Office will continue to promote international cooperation toward a sustainable society by connecting Japan’s outstanding environmental technologies with concrete needs around the world through WIPO GREEN.

This Forum was supported by the Funds-In-Trust Japan Industrial Property Global.