Three Japanese Teams Advance to Technovation Girls 2026 World Finals
The selection of three Japanese teams, including a second consecutive finalist, is the strongest showing from Japan in the competition's ten-year history in the country.
Reporting from 1 source: ASCII.jp.
A record three teams from Japan have been selected for Technovation Girls 2026 world finals. Team infiniti girls is a finalist in the Beginner Division with app VegePatch. Teams FKA (Bird Counter & Bird Quest) and Little Care (Star Connect) received Regional Honoree awards for Asia. The finalist team will compete at the World Summit in Bengaluru, India in October 2026.
The 2026 season drew 408 participants from 78 teams across all 47 prefectures of Japan. From those, three teams earned recognition at the world level. Team infiniti girls, a Beginner Division finalist, built VegePatch, an app that connects families with vegetable gardening and community food donations. Teams FKA and Little Care received Asia Regional Honoree awards for Bird Counter & Bird Quest and Star Connect, respectively. The finalist slot is Japan's third in competition history and the first time a Japanese team has been a finalist in consecutive years. The three-team total is the most since Japan's chapter began in 2017.
- infiniti girls: Finalist, Beginner Division. App: VegePatch. Mentor: CoderDojo Japan mentor team. App connects gardening, recording, cooking, and donations to community food banks.
- FKA: Regional Honoree, Asia. App: Bird Counter & Bird Quest. Mentor: CoderDojo Japan mentor team. Combines AI bird-watching automation with a game-based collection app for wetland conservation.
- Little Care: Regional Honoree, Asia. App: Star Connect. Mentors: Michiko Komiya, Miki Miyamoto, Priyanshi Gupta. App connects children in long-term care with school, friends, and peers in similar situations.
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