Kyutech hosts JUNCTION X KYUTECH, marking the first JUNCTION X in Japan

Update:2025.10.22

From September 26 to 28, 2025, Kyutech proudly hosted the very first Japanese edition of JUNCTION X, the local spin-off of JUNCTION—one of Europe’s largest and most influential student-led hackathons, originally founded in Finland. Held at our Tobata Campus's cutting-edge innovation space, GYMLABO, the event brought together around 80 participants, including students, engineers, designers, and developers from countries such as Finland, Japan, Bangladesh, China, and India.

JUNCTION X is more than just a hackathon—it’s a global platform where emerging talents use programming and creativity to build new services, prototypes, and tech solutions in an intense, high-energy environment. Participants collaborate across disciplines to tackle real-world challenges under specific themes, turning bold ideas into working products in just 48 hours.

This landmark event was made possible through the MoU signed with Aalto Entrepreneurship Society (Aaltoes) and the JUNCTION LICENSE AGREEMENT signed with Junction Ltd. on June 30, 2025 (local time) in Espoo, Finland, enabling us to officially bring JUNCTION X to Japan.

With strong support from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU)—a key partner for the “Support Program for Creating Social Impact through University Internationalization” sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
—JUNCTION X KYUTECH was organized and operated by a dynamic team of 9 student leads and 8 student crew members, who managed key roles such as team leader, deputy leader, accounting, outreach, intercultural support, technical management, website development, and moderation.

JUNCTION X KYUTECH also received exceptional support from industry leaders and organizations. Our distinguished panel of judges included:

- Mr. Hiroaki Miyoshi (Fellow of Aerospace Domain, NEC Corporation)
- Mr. Shinichiro Onizuka (General Manager, Space Business Dept., ANA Trading Co., Ltd.)
- Mr. Jirou Kamegawa (Manager of Innovation Group, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.)

The event was proudly sponsored and supported by:
-Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc., Kyocera Corporation, Toyota Motor Kyushu Incorporated, NS Solutions Corporation, NEC Corporation, pixiv Incorporated., Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU), and the Kitakyushu Convention & Visitors Association.

JUNCTION X KYUTECH was a powerful demonstration of how diverse ideas, cutting-edge technologies, and global talent can converge to drive innovation and solve complex challenges—right here in Japan.