Announcing the first-ever KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 on June 16-17 in Tokyo

Following a successful KubeDay Japan, CNCF will be bringing its flagship conference to Tokyo to continue advancing cloud native technologies

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, is pleased to announce the first KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan, happening on June 16-17, 2025 in Tokyo. The two-day event will offer attendees from Japan and around the world, an opportunity to engage, network, and collaborate with peers and like-minded people in the cloud native community.

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan will gather adopters and technologists from open source and cloud native communities to share best practices, CNCF project technical deep dives, problem-solving, and more. Attendees of all levels are welcome and the community-curated sessions will span introductory content, end user insights, technical talks, open source cultural insights, among many other topics.

"Our open source communities inspire us to learn from each other and as we continue to expand the cloud native ecosystem, we are thrilled to further invest in our Japanese cloud native community with a KubeCon + CloudNativeCon event in 2025," said Chris Anisczcyk, CTO, CNCF. "Coming off of a successful KubeDay Japan event in August and the growth of the CNCJ community, we saw an engaged, inspired, and insightful community in Japan that continues to grow significantly and anticipate an exciting event next year in Tokyo."

The CNCF Japan Chapter (CNCJ) launched in late 2023 with founding community leaders from companies including Apple, CyberAgent, Fujitsu, Hitachi, and NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.

Additional upcoming CNCF Events in 2025

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 | April 1-4, 2025 | London, United Kingdom
  • CNCF Hosted Co-located Events
  • Submit to the CFP | Deadline to submit is November 24, 2024
  • Registration & hotel blocks are coming soon!
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon China 2025 | June 10 - 11, 2025 | Hong Kong
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 | June 16-17, 2025 | Tokyo, Japan
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India 2025 | August 6-7, 2025 | Hyderabad, India
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2025 | November 10-13, 2025 | Atlanta, GA
  • CNCF Hosted Co-located Events
• Open Source SecurityCon 2025 (previously CloudNativeSecurityCon) | November 2025 | Atlanta, GA

Save the Dates

• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2026 | March 23-26, 2026 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026| Oct 26–29, 2026 | Los Angeles, CA

Learn more about how event locations are decided.

Those interested in sponsoring KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 or any of CNCF's upcoming events can view opportunities in the sponsorship prospectus or reach out to [email protected].

Registration for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2025 will be opening soon.

Additional Resources

• Cloud Native Community Japan
• KubeDay Japan 2024 Conference Transparency Report

About Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Cloud native computing empowers organizations to build and run scalable applications with an open source software stack in public, private, and hybrid clouds. The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) hosts critical components of the global technology infrastructure, including Kubernetes, Prometheus, and Envoy. CNCF brings together the industry's top developers, end users, and vendors, and runs the largest open source developer conferences in the world. Supported by more than 500 members, including the world's largest cloud computing and software companies, as well as over 200 innovative startups, CNCF is part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation. For more information, please visit www.cncf.io.

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