BioJapan 2026

Japan remains one of the most valuable and most exacting markets in global life sciences, and it rewards partners who understand how to operate there. BioJapan is where those relationships get made. Running since 1986, it is the region’s longest-standing biotechnology event and Asia’s largest partnering platform, built around an exhibition, a seminar program and a partnering system that pairs companies for face-to-face meetings across three days.

The scale is the point. The 2024 edition drew around 18,000 visitors and more than 22,000 partnering meetings across 1,450 companies, alongside co-located events in Regenerative Medicine Japan and healthTECH Japan. For anyone weighing a trial, a launch or a supply partnership in Japan and the wider Asia-Pacific region, it is three days of the right conversations in one place. Akesa will be there throughout.

Who to meet with, and why

BioJapan is a partnering event, so the value is in who you sit down with. It is worth a conversation with us if you are:

• A biotech or pharma sponsor planning trials or a product launch in Japan and across APAC
• A business development or alliance team looking for supply and access partners in the region
• A clinical operations or supply team preparing to run studies in Japan
• A CRO, CDMO or distribution partner building an Asia-Pacific network

Meet Akesa in Yokohama

Japan is one of Akesa’s core markets, and BioJapan is where many of the region’s supply and access conversations begin. Akesa is the operational partner behind clinical trial supply and medicine access across the Asia-Pacific region. We source comparators, combination therapies and standard of care for clinical trials. If a Japan trial or launch is on your horizon, our Country Manager for Japan, Chisako Mizutani, will be on the ground and glad to meet.

Event links

• Official event website: https://jcd-expo.jp/en/
• Partnering and meeting registration: through the partnering system on the official website
• Co-located events, Regenerative Medicine Japan and healthTECH Japan: details on the official website
• Venue, Pacifico Yokohama: 1-1-1 Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Get in touch

Meeting slots at BioJapan fill up early through the partnering system. If you would like to talk supply, access or a Japan trial, get in touch and we will set aside time in Yokohama.