The Digital Business Partnership, run by Korea's science ministry and NIPA, takes over Bellesalle Shiodome on Oct. 28, with cybersecurity, edtech and AI media firms in the lineup
Twenty Korean digital companies will meet Japanese businesses and buyers face to face in Tokyo on Wednesday, Oct. 28.
The 2026 Digital Business Partnership is hosted by Korea's Ministry of Science and ICT (과학기술정보통신부, MSIT) and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (정보통신산업진흥원, NIPA). It runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the second-floor hall of Bellesalle Shiodome in Ginza, Chuo-ku.
Meetings are by appointment. Japanese companies browse the exhibitors' profiles on the event site, pick the firms they want to see, and the organizers schedule the sessions. Registration and matching are handled by Planus Company (플래너스컴퍼니).
Six security firms, from ransomware defense to vehicle software testing
Cybersecurity is the largest group. Penta Security (펜타시큐리티), founded in 1997, set up a Japanese subsidiary in 2009 and has sold web and data security there for more than 15 years. AI SPERA (AI스페라) brings its threat intelligence service Criminal IP, and NPCore (엔피코어) is showing RansomMARU, which uses deep learning to detect and block ransomware behavior early.
COONTEC (쿤텍) supplies software-defined-vehicle and embedded-software testing environments and OT security for the automotive, finance, defense and manufacturing sectors. F1Security (에프원시큐리티) offers vulnerability assessment and penetration testing, while PNPSECURE (피앤피시큐어) sells zero-trust database and system access control along with FaceLocker, a tool against shoulder-surfing.
AI remastering, document AI and data for physical AI
On the media side, KOSDAQ-listed 4BY4 (포바이포), founded in 2017, uses its deep-learning tool AI PIXELL to upscale SD and HD archive footage to FHD, 4K and 8K. In its exhibitor profile the company points to 4K remastering of older dramas for the Korean streaming service Wavve (웨이브) and AI-upscaled content delivered to Shochiku and Fuji TV in Japan. It lists broadcasters, film and drama studios, streaming services and archive holders as target partners.
Korea Deep Learning (한국딥러닝) is presenting DEEP Agent, a document AI platform built on vision-language models. NdotLight (엔닷라이트) supplies 3D data for robot training and simulation, produced with its own 3D CAD engine. Pango GY (판고와이) brings marketing AI tools drawn from its digital ad operations.
Edtech, healthcare and proptech aimed at Japanese consumer services
Education companies include e-future (이퓨처), with more than 2,000 English-language teaching titles; iPortfolio (아이포트폴리오), maker of Harmony Hills, a level-adaptive learning service with AI built in; and PlayCurio (플레이큐리오), which combines physical teaching toys with AR.
Nuvilab (누비랩) automatically analyzes dish types and actual intake at daycare centers, kindergartens and schools using an AI food scanner and a dataset of more than 100 million meals. CREPLE (크리플) offers a dementia-prevention service that runs without dedicated hardware. TheONIT (디온아이티) is showing VPASS, a contactless biometric system that identifies users by palm vein and hand shape in under a second, and MirrorRoid (미러로이드) brings AI and XR tools for beauty and tourism. Archisketch (아키스케치) offers web-based 3D space simulation, Trustay (트러스테이) a proptech platform for the housing market, and SKYWALK (스카이워크) an AI-driven social and metaverse platform.
How to book
Japanese companies can select the firms they want to meet and register on the event page at planusbiz.com/DBP2026/jp. Contact details are shared only with the Korean companies requested and kept until the event ends. Questions go to the organizing office at 2026digitalb@gmail.com. The English-language page was not loading as of Oct. 24, and the organizers have been notified.
Many of the exhibitors already have Japanese customers or local offices, or name Japanese companies as their target partners. K-EnterTech Hub will be on site and will follow up on the meetings and on how Japanese buyers respond.
Company descriptions are based on the exhibitor profiles published on the event site. Graphic: K-EnterTech Hub