Parliamentary Vice-Minister Kishi attended Asian Tech×Singapore (AT×SG) 2025
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Digital Transformation Kishi visited Singapore from May 27 to 28, 2025, to attend Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) 2025, an international technology event organized by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) that gathered 3,000 guests from 55 countries worldwide. The event covered a wide range of topics, such as AI, space satellites and communications, quantum computing and digital sustainability.
In the plenary session, Vice-Minister Kishi attended closed-door government-to-government (G2G) roundtable for government officials focused on AI. On this occasion, he also held meetings with ministers and other participants.
Ministerial-level G2G Closed-Door Roundtable
Vice-Minister Kishi attended the ministerial-level G2G closed-door roundtable on AI risk measures, where he shared Japan’s AI initiatives and outlined future prospects for the integration of robotics and AI.
Bilateral Meetings
Vice-Minister Kishi met with the President of Singapore and government officials from participating countries on May 27 and 28.
Singapore
1. Vice-Minister Kishi conveyed his gratitude to the President Tharman of Singapore, the host country of the event.
2. Exchanged views with Mrs. Josephine Teo, Minister for Digital Development and Information, whom he met again following their previous encounter at the Japan-ASEAN Digital Ministers’ Meeting in January this year, to discuss the digital sector.
United Kingdom
Exchanged views with Ms. Jones, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety, the development of an ecosystem to foster experts in cyber security and other digital fields.
United States
Exchanged views with Mr. Lang, the U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, on digital policies of both countries.
Ireland
Exchanged views with Ms. Smyth, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation, on AI and robotics, areas in which Japan excels.
