ICC KYOTO 2026 is over. AtoJ Inc. placed 2nd overall in the Guardian Award, won the Differentiation/Originality category, and placed 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression.
ICC KYOTO 2026, the Industry Co-Creation Summit KYOTO 2026, ran in Kyoto City on September 1 and 2. Its Guardian Award is an inter-company presentation competition judged by a panel; AtoJ Inc. entered with a pitch built around online dispute resolution as a social mechanism rather than a product feature set.
AtoJ's positioning did the work in the Differentiation/Originality category, where it took 1st. Money Forward took 1st overall with 29.929 points, and AtoJ finished 2nd overall with 28.581. AtoJ also placed 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and 2nd in Best Impression. The result settled the question the company's pre-event coverage had left open: it entered KYOTO 2026 after a SILVER (2nd place) at the previous ICC FUKUOKA 2026 Startup Catapult, where the story was the same second-place finish it repeated here.
Before the event, AtoJ's plan for the venue was a booth called "Mediation Thinking," where visitors could try a simulated mediation for non-payment disputes. The Guardian Award judging panel numbered roughly 90. Coverage moved from AtoJ's exhibit plans to its awards, and the two stories agree on the dates and the event name.
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AtoJ Inc. placed 2nd overall in the Guardian Award, an inter-company presentation competition at the Industry Co-Creation Summit KYOTO 2026, held in Kyoto City on September 1 and 2. Money Forward took 1st overall with 29.929 points; AtoJ scored 28.581. AtoJ also won 1st in the Differentiation/Originality category and placed 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression.
AtoJ Inc. will exhibit at the ICC KYOTO 2026 "Guardian Award" on September 1 and 2, 2026. The company, which develops an online dispute resolution (ODR) service, received SILVER (2nd place) at the previous "ICC FUKUOKA 2026 Startup Catapult." At the venue, AtoJ will offer a booth called "Mediation Thinking," where visitors can experience simulated mediation for non-payment disputes.