If you missed the IoT and Edge Computing Expo, as part of Japan IT Week Spring 2025, please take some time and read our recap. Japan IT Week is Japan’s largest IT Trade Show which brings together innovate business leaders from across industries while the IoT and Edge Computing Expo features the latest IoT and AI solutions including remote monitoring, predictive maintenance and smart home products. 

DSR Asia’s Hiroshi Kamada had an eventful time at Japan IT Week 2025, partnering with Sowha & Sophia Technologies (SST) to demo DSR’s Matter Bridge Middleware as well as Noema Computer Vision Applications. 

The demo booth attracted many visitors, excited to learn more about Matter and the capabilities Noema. Hear from Hiroshi on his takeaways from the event and check out some images from this year’s show:

“First of all, technologies like Matter and Computer Vision (CV), which are paving the way in new fields, have—like many other innovations—been somewhat hindered by the Japanese market’s reputation for ‘closed-mindedness’ and ‘passivity’ toward new technologies. That said, it’s not outright rejection either. Major players in the industry have, in reality, been quietly observing the market trends from the sidelines. This was something I clearly sensed during conversations with visitors at last year’s 2024 IT Week.

However, CV has been gradually transitioning from server-side AI to edge-side AI, and with the establishment of the Japan Interest Group (JIG) for Matter in May 2024, interest in Matter also began shifting by the end of that year—from mere information gathering to examining technical feasibility, considering proof-of-concept projects, and even exploring updates to existing systems.

At IT Week 2025, I strongly felt that this trend had solidified.

Visitors this year shared several notable characteristics:

1. They already had concepts in mind and presented questions and requirements based on a clear system vision.
2. Many had a specific image of the hardware environment they were considering.
3. Whether for PoCs or feasibility studies, they had concrete timelines in place.
4. They were open to follow-up discussions via web meetings.

This was a clear sign that the “tide had turned” for both Matter and CV compared to last year.

Regarding the Matter demo, we received a flurry of specific technical questions—such as protocol support status and which clusters were already implemented.

In the case of CV, many visitors requested examples of applications that resembled their envisioned systems—indicating that they were asking with budgeting in mind.

Additionally, we sensed strong underlying demand for IoT systems as a whole behind the technical interest in Matter and CV. Until now, the focus of technical evaluation has largely been on server-side or cloud-side components, but now edge-side evaluation is increasingly being recognized as a critical factor in determining the cost of system development and operation.

As a result, it is inevitable that system scalability and security will emerge as new challenges. How we respond to these complex technical demands will become a major focus moving forward.

At DSR, we internally develop, provide, and operate the core technologies and frameworks necessary to meet these requirements. As DSR Asia, we will continue to actively introduce and demonstrate these solutions to the public.”