TOKYO, Feb. 28, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- J-Stories, Japan's solutions-focused multilingual news service, is proud to announce its role as an official media partner for SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025, Asia's largest startup conference. This collaboration aims to amplify the event's mission of fostering open innovation and addressing global urban challenges through cutting-edge technology and diverse ideas.
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025, taking place from May 8-10 at Tokyo Big Sight, is expected to attract over 50,000 attendees, including more than 500 international venture capital firms and exhibiting startups. With over 5,000 business matching opportunities, the event will serve as a global platform for innovation and collaboration. The program will feature a wide array of sessions, booth exhibitions, pitch contests, and more, providing participants with valuable insights and networking opportunities.
As a media partner, J-Stories will leverage its extensive platform to provide comprehensive coverage of the event, highlighting groundbreaking innovations and facilitating connections between Japanese startups and the global community. This partnership underscores J-Stories' commitment to promoting Japanese innovations that address global challenges.
J-Stories previously featured an in-depth article on last year's event, showcasing key discussions, innovative startups, and the impact of SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024. Additionally, J-Stories covered this year's kickoff, offering insights into the themes and vision for SusHi Tech 2025. Read the articles here:
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2024 article: https://jstories.media/article/sushi-tech-tokyo-opening
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 Curtain Raiser event article: https://jstories.media/article/sushi-tech-2025-curtain-raiser
"We are thrilled to collaborate with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025," said Toshi Maeda, CEO of Pacific Bridge Media and Consulting and executive editor of J-Stories. "J-Stories has been covering and publishing English articles on SusHi Tech since its first edition in 2023, when it was launched under the name City-Tech Tokyo. With each edition, we have witnessed the growing international recognition of SusHi Tech and its expanding scale, which is truly exciting. As an official media partner, we look forward to further disseminating information about SusHi Tech to the world and contributing as a bridge between Tokyo and the global community."
For more information about SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025, please visit the official website: https://sushitech-startup.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/
About SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025
SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 is an innovation event aimed at fostering open innovation by connecting world-class startups with Japan to address global urban issues, focusing on sustainability and technology. Building on the success of previous editions, it has established itself as Asia's largest startup conference.
About J-Stories
J-Stories is a solutions-focused media platform dedicated to introducing Japan-originated innovations that address global challenges such as environmental issues and food shortages. Since its launch in April 2022, J-Stories has published over 500 articles and has been widely disseminating innovations and ideas from Japanese startups, NGOs, and university research institutions through articles and videos.
J-Stories Website:
(English) https://jstories.media
(Japanese) https://jstories.media/jp
(Chinese) https://jstories.media/zh
Pacific Bridge Media and Consulting, Inc. (PBMC)
Founded in 2010 by experienced international journalist Toshi Maeda with the mission to "connect the world with trusted content and realize a rich and equitable human society," PBMC specializes in creating diverse multilingual content that combines video, language, and technology. The company provides comprehensive services for enterprises looking to share information globally, including planning and producing articles, visual content such as videos and photos, CGI, website creation, and multilingual live event broadcasting. PBMC has a strong track record working with a wide range of clients — from major domestic and international corporations and media to startups and government agencies — establishing itself as a highly regarded international multimedia content provider.
Company Overview
Pacific Bridge Media and Consulting, Inc.
- Main Fields of Business: Multilingual content strategy-building, production and distribution; cross-border public, media and investor relations, multilingual event planning, hosting and technical & editorial support; live-streaming and news/event conference support, news and media release production and distribution worldwide; startup & corporate media platform management and content production
- Headquarters: 22nd Floor, Shiroyama Trust Tower, 4-3-1 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
- CEO: Toshi Maeda
- Founded: June 30, 2010
- URL: https://pacificbridge.jp
CONTACT:
PACIFIC BRIDGE MEDIA AND CONSULTING
Editorial department: Toshi Maeda (Executive Editor)・Takanori Isshiki (Deputy Executive Editor)・Anita De Michele (Editorial Coordinator)
email: info@pacificbridge.jp
phone: +81- 50-5527-0955
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J-Stories joins forces with SusHi Tech Tokyo 2025 as official media partner
GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 14, 2026, Guangzhou Zhongshan Whampoa School for Hong Kong and Macao Students (ZWIS) and Foshan Zhongshan Whampoa Star-raise School for Hong Kong and Macao Students (ZWSS)—both established by ZWIE—formally signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK), marking the launch of several substantive collaborative initiatives. The two ZWIE schools will introduce EdUHK's "Mainland Secondary School Principals' Recommendation Scheme" and provide outstanding EdUHK students with opportunities for school visits, immersive on-campus experiences, and internships. The partners will also jointly organize admission seminars and parent engagement activities to offer families cutting-edge educational guidance.
Professor May Cheng May-hung, Vice President (Academic) of EdUHK, said that the signing of the memorandum marks a significant and solid step forward in promoting educational innovation and deepening exchanges between both parties. This collaboration covers multiple areas, which will enhance students' practical abilities, foster professional exchanges among teachers, and further strengthen the cooperation between the educational sectors of the two regions.
Dr. Peggy Zhai, Principal of Zhongshan Whampoa School for Hong Kong and Macao Students, said that this collaboration represents a profound integration of academia and practice. It not only creates a fast track to quality education for students and injects new vitality into teacher development and teaching research advancement, but also provides a high-end, quality career platform for outstanding students of EdUHK, further promoting the integration of education in the Greater Bay Area.
The partnership is founded on the alignment of educational philosophies and mutual high regard for each other's strengths. EdUHK is a government-funded higher education institution dedicated to advancing learning and teaching through the provision of teacher education programs, as well as diverse academic and research programs in social sciences and humanities. In the March-released "2025 QS World University Rankings by Subject" in education, EdUHK ranked 12th globally, fourth in Asia, and second in Hong Kong. Additionally, it was rated as a "5-Star Institution" in the "QS Stars University Ratings." The Zhongshan Whampoa Schools for Hong Kong and Macao Students, established in Guangzhou and Foshan by ZWIE based on over two decades of experience, have grown into leading force in educating Hong Kong and Macao students in the Greater Bay Area. The Guangzhou campus has obtained authorization for the IB MYP-DP continuum and Cognia accreditation, and was listed among the "Hurun Education•Top 100 International Schools in China 2025."
As a pioneer in the integration of Eastern and Western holistic education, ZWIE has been deeply rooted in the Greater Bay Area for over 23 years and has established and supported multiple IB World Schools. Grounded in local educational characteristics and integrated with the IB curriculum framework, ZWIE actively promotes the fusion and innovation of IB and Chinese education, constructing a coherent 15-year IB holistic education ecosystem from kindergarten through high school. It was elected as the founding chair unit of Chong Wa International Baccalaureate Schools Association (CISA), officially recognized by the IB in Greater China. This achievement is underpinned by an educational legacy spanning a century.
ZWIE's approach to integrated education traces back to the great-grandfather of Mr. James Wong, Chairman of ZWIE—Mr. Wu Shangshi, a pioneering figure in Chinese hydrogeography and a master of modern geography in Lingnan. Mr. Wu Shangshi graduated from the English Department of Sun Yat-sen University, pursued advanced studies in France under renowned French geographers, and upon returning to China, taught at Sun Yat-sen University where he later served as head of the Geography Department.
Mr. Wu Shangshi was proficient in English, French, and German. His translation of Hydrology of Rivers was the first French monograph translated in the Chinese geographical community. His published Research on the Topography of the Eastern Foothills of Baiyun Mountain was one of China's earliest true topographical papers. The "Pearl River Delta" geographical theory was finalized and matured under his research, and the "Seven Star Hill Ancient Marine Abrasion Relics" he discovered are now listed as a key Guangzhou cultural relics protection unit. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he led teachers and students on a walking survey of the mountains and rivers of northern Guangdong, holding steadfastly to his lectures amidst the fires of war, integrating a sense of national and familial commitment into the educational ethos.
Many of Mr. Wu Shangshi's descendants have dedicated themselves to education, and this educational ideal of "rooting in China, looking to the world" has been passed down through generations. In 2003, Mr. James Wong was entrusted by his family to return from Hong Kong to Guangzhou, the place where Mr. Wu Shangshi studied and taught, to explore integrated Chinese and Western education for the new era. The name "Zhonghuang" (中黃) is derived from "Zhonghua Yanhuang" (中華炎黃), and from its inception, its mission has been to inherit and promote Chinese culture.
For over two decades, ZWIE has driven curriculum innovation as its core, developing an integrated curriculum system with both local roots and international perspective. In recent years, ZWIE has continually advanced curriculum evolution, deeply integrating AI-enabled teaching while strengthening science and innovation education. It has explored joint programs with several century-old prestigious schools in the Greater Bay Area to cultivate top innovative talents among Hong Kong and Macao students. As a rising star among schools for Hong Kong and Macao students in the region, ZWIE achieved remarkable results in its inaugural 2025 DSE cohort: at the Guangzhou campus, 46.6% of graduates received offers from top three universities in Hong Kong, 73.3% from top five, including four admitted to the University of Hong Kong (covering flagship programs in Medicine and International Business and Global Management). At the Foshan campus, all inaugural DSE graduates received offers from top five Hong Kong universities or mainland 985/211 institutions, achieving outcomes comparable to Hong Kong Band 1 schools. All graduates from the ZWIE American Curriculum Department gained admission to top 100 world universities.
Mr. James Wong, Chairman of ZWIE, expressed that ZWIE originated in Hong Kong and has accumulated 23 years of practical experience in integrated education within the Greater Bay Area. This in-depth collaboration with EdUHK not only signifies high recognition of ZWIE's educational practices but also provides strong support for ZWIE's return to Hong Kong to extend its operations. Mr. Wong mentioned that ZWIE is actively promoting the launch of a new Hong Kong project, "Zhongshan Whampoa Academy," dedicated to exploring Sino-foreign integrated international curricula with Chinese characteristics, cultivating innovative talents with both noble character and global competence. He looks forward to this as a new starting point—based in the Greater Bay Area, facing the "Belt and Road"—to contribute the wisdom of Chinese education to the world.
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ZWIE and The Education University of Hong Kong Sign Memorandum of Cooperation to Promote Exchange and Deepen Collaboration
ZWIE and The Education University of Hong Kong Sign Memorandum of Cooperation to Promote Exchange and Deepen Collaboration
ZWIE and The Education University of Hong Kong Sign Memorandum of Cooperation to Promote Exchange and Deepen Collaboration
