TBM Council Japan enters a new stage TBM Council Japan begins to develop as an open community

TOKYO, [Tuesday, June 17, 2025] - The TBM Council, a global non-profit organization for Technology Business Management ("TBM"), announces the renewal and expansion of its Japan Chapter ("TBM Council Japan") as an open community to promote TBM in the Japanese market. The TBM Council Japan, a global non-profit organization of TBM, has announced the renewal and expansion of the TBM Council in Japan as an open community.

To commemorate this event, TBM Council Japan will hold "TBM Summit 25: Japan Launch Event - Future through Technology Investment" on Thursday, July 10, 2025 at JP Tower Hall & Conference.

TBM details: https://www.tbmcouncil.org/jp/

Event details: https://www.b-forum.net/tbmcj25

TBM Council Japan

TBM Council Japan was established in 2021, and until now has operated as a closed community with only users of TBM products participating. Now, it has been launched as an open community in which anyone can participate. By promoting the spread and development of TBM, TBM Council Japan will help more organizations understand and practice TBM, extract maximum value from their technology investments, and enhance their competitiveness.

Today, with the rise of AI and cloud adoption, the complexity of the technology environment is increasing, and with it, the cost of technology for companies TBM is a management methodology that provides visibility into IT costs and maximizes their value By leveraging TBM, companies can clearly identify the financial and TBM enables companies to identify the financial and non-financial outcomes of their technology spending and optimize technology investments to improve operational expenses and new developments. In addition, ongoing and timely optimization based on business strategy and data-driven decision making can help increase corporate value and competitiveness.

The TBM Council is an open global community of more than 19,000 diverse professionals from around the world. The TBM Council's purpose is to accelerate business growth through TBM, and to accomplish this, the Council has created an open, global community of more than 4,000 organizations, including executives, IT department leaders, and finance professionals, based on four pillars: education, collaboration, standards, and open ecosystems. To achieve this goal, the TBM Council helps organizations maximize the value of their technology investments based on the four pillars of education, collaboration, standards, and open ecosystems.

Future activities of TBM Council Japan

Holding events: TBM Council Japan provides opportunities to improve skills to link technology investment and corporate strategy through study sessions and opinion exchanges on TBM.

Japanese-language resources: Provide knowledge in an easy-to-understand format through our website and white papers that introduce the latest information and case studies of TBM in practice.

Japanese-language versions of training and certification exams: Training materials and certification exams will be translated into Japanese to support the development of TBM practitioners in Japan.

Formation of a partner ecosystem: To promote and develop TBM, we will strengthen our partnerships with management, IT, and finance leaders of general business companies, consulting firms, and government agencies.

Matthew Guarini, TBM Council Executive Director, comments

Japan is one of the most technologically advanced countries in the world, and the re-launch of the open TBM Council Japan is an important step for us. We are confident that by adopting TBM, Japanese companies will extract greater value from their technology investments and become more competitive in the global marketplace.

TBM Council Japan Re-launch Celebration Event

We are pleased to announce the following event to commemorate the relaunch of TBM Council Japan and cordially invite all those interested in the practice of TBM to attend.

Organizer: TBM Council Japan

Supported by: The Embassy of the United States of America in Japan

Date: July 10, 2025 13:30 - 17:30 (Registration starts at 12:45)

Place: JP Tower Hall & Conference

　　　　　(KITTE 4F, 2-7-2 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Registration: https://www.b-forum.net/tbmcj25

■ Comments from Company Leaders

[Mr. Toru Koyama, Executive Officer, General Manager of IT & Digital Promotion Group, H2O Retailing Co.]

TBM is a management methodology essential for maximizing the value of technology investments and supports data-driven decision making in OMO strategies and AI applications. The TBM Council is committed to improving the digital literacy of organizations and achieving sustainable growth through its activities."

[Yo Endo, President and CEO, Tokyo Gas i-Net, Inc.]

TBM is a standard framework for optimizing IT investments, which helps organizations understand their investments from financial, IT, and business perspectives and make the right investments for their business. TBM is a standard framework for optimizing IT investments. We believe this is an effective way to manage IT investments from a management perspective as we transition from existing businesses to new ones, and we hope that the TBM Council's activities will make this methodology more effective and sophisticated."

[Yuzuru Fukuda, Executive Vice President and CEO, Enterprise Business, Fujitsu Limited].

I sincerely welcome the re-launch of TBM Council Japan. Technology is not just a cost, but a source of corporate 'transformation' and value creation. We at Fujitsu are also using TBM for IT reform.

We hope that the open TBM Council Japan will become an "ecosystem" where diverse leaders gather and share knowledge, and where we can learn together and deepen our practices to help Japanese companies become more globally competitive through the use of technology."

[Akio Yamaguchi, President and CEO, IBM Japan, Ltd.]

We are very pleased that a new stage of the TBM Council will be launched in Japan. As many Japanese companies are leveraging AI and other advanced technologies to create new value, the expanding TBM Council Japan will play an important role in maximizing the transformation of technology into business value. We look forward to contributing to the further development of our Japanese clients' IT strategies through the activities of the TBM Council."

For more information on TBM Council Japan, please visit

https://www.tbmcouncil.org/jp/

To register as a member of TBM Council Japan, please visit

https://community.tbmcouncil.org/login-register-jp

■Organization Profile

TBM Council US Office

Location: 11100 NE 8th St. Suite 600

　　　　Suite 600 Bellevue, WA

　　　　Suite 600 Bellevue, WA 98004

TBM Council Japan Office

Location: 1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

　　　　Wework Marunouchi North Exit