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title: OpenTelemetry @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan 2026
linkTitle: KubeCon Japan '26
date: 2026-07-23
author: '[Reese Lee, New Relic](https://github.com/reese-lee)'
sig: Comms
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[KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Japan][kubecon-japan] takes place July 28-30, 2026, in
Yokohama, Japan. [Register][] today to join us! Here are all the
OpenTelemetry-related sessions, up to date at the time of writing. Session
details can change, so confirm dates and times in the [official
schedule][schedule].

## Community Day

Japan Community Day is on Tuesday, July 28, ahead of the main conference. It’s a
great way to engage with fellow attendees and with members of local meetup
communities, special interest groups, and subgroups within Cloud Native
Community Japan.

OpenTelemetry sessions at Community Day:

- **[OpenTelemetry Past and Future][session-1261567]**<br> by Ted Young, Grafana
  Labs<br> Tuesday, July 28 • 14:40-15:10
- **[Building AI Agent Observability with OpenTelemetry][session-1278454]**<br>
  by Yuzuru Ohira, LayerX Inc.<br> Tuesday, July 28 • 15:15-15:45

For the complete list of community sessions, see the [full
schedule][community-day-schedule].

## KubeCon talks

These OpenTelemetry sessions are part of the main conference program, July
29-30:

- **[Project Lightning Talk: New Frontiers for OpenTelemetry - A Roadmap for the
  Future][session-1283896]**<br> by Ted Young, Grafana Labs<br> Wednesday, July
  29 • 12:38-12:43
- **[Keynote: OpenTelemetry Celebrates Graduation and the Next Era of Agentic
  Observability][session-1283189]**<br> by Alolita Sharma, Apple, and Ted Young,
  Grafana Labs<br> Thursday, July 30 • 09:54-09:57
- **[Keynote: Large-Scale Edge Management with Kubernetes: The Tech Behind
  Stable Operation of 200 EV Chargers][session-1283245]**<br> by Ryota Yonekura,
  PowerX<br> Thursday, July 30 • 09:59-10:02
- **[Standardizing Industrial IoT observability with
  OpenTelemetry][session-1186424]**<br> by Alolita Sharma, Florian Zouhar, and
  Justin Gabitzsch, Apple<br> Thursday, July 30 • 11:30-12:00
- **[From StatsD to OpenTelemetry: Atlassian's Metrics Platform Migration at
  Scale][session-1191835]**<br> by Iris Grace Endozo and Farzad Vazirnia,
  Atlassian<br> Thursday, July 30 • 12:10-12:40
- **[Repurposing OpenTelemetry Traces as Test Data: Breaking the Cost Barrier in
  System Migration][session-1194861]**<br> by Yoshiki Fujikane, CyberAgent,
  Inc.<br> Thursday, July 30 • 14:50-15:20
- **[The Great Doubt: What Building an AI Agent Taught Us About
  Trust][session-1192171]**<br> by Nicole van der Hoeven, Grafana Labs<br>
  Thursday, July 30 • 15:50-16:20
- **[OTel meets Wasm: Rethinking OpenTelemetry Collector
  Extensibility][session-1194684]**<br> by Kotaro Inoue, independent, and
  Tsuzuki Tsuchiya, LY Corporation<br> Thursday, July 30 • 15:50-16:20
- **[One Binary, Two Ecosystems: Embedding Prometheus Exporters with
  OCB][session-1189149]**<br> by Kyle Eckhart and Arthur Sens, Grafana Labs<br>
  Thursday, July 30 • 16:30-17:00

## Join us

Come listen, learn, and get involved in OpenTelemetry. We look forward to seeing
you in Yokohama!

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[community-day-schedule]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/co-located-events/japan-community-day-schedule/
[kubecon-japan]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/
[register]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/register/
[schedule]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/
[session-1186424]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1186424
[session-1189149]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1189149
[session-1191835]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1191835
[session-1192171]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1192171
[session-1194684]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1194684
[session-1194861]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1194861
[session-1261567]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/co-located-events/japan-community-day-schedule/?id=1261567
[session-1278454]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/co-located-events/japan-community-day-schedule/?id=1278454
[session-1283189]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1283189
[session-1283245]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1283245
[session-1283896]: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan/program/schedule/?id=1283896
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