I announced it in X. (I often don't have time to write a blog, so I hope you'll follow X too.) Today,12th FIDO Tokyo Seminar - Towards a Password-Free World - It's 's day.~Phishing prevention measures using "passkeys" and the latest trends~The conference will feature a program (see below) introducing these topics.
I will be appearing on the closing panel, "Digital Credentials and the Identity Lifecycle."

If you are going there, see you there.
Event Outline
- Event Date: 2025.12.5 (Fri)
- Time: Doors open at 12:00 / Performance begins at 13:00 / Reception begins at 18:00
- venue: Tokyo Port City Takeshiba Port Hall
- Entry fee: Free (pre-registration required)
- Fixed employee: 300 people
- Language support: Simultaneous interpretation (Japanese ⇄ English) available for all sessions
Program
*Simultaneous interpretation receivers will be available.
*The program and scheduled speakers may change without notice.
| Start time | end time | Session Title | lecturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | 13:00 | Reception and demo viewing | |
| 13:00 | 13:10 | Welcome Address | Koichi Moriyama, FIDO Alliance Executive Council, Board Member, FIDO Japan Working Group Chair, and Chief Security Architect, NTT Docomo, Inc. |
| 13:11 | 13:31 | Guest Keynote: Recent Issues Surrounding Digital Identity and the Digital Agency's Initiatives | Masanori Kusunoki, Director-General, Digital Society Common Function Group, Digital Agency |
| 13:32 | 13:47 | FIDO Alliance Keynote Passkeys and the Identity Lifecycle | CEO and Executive Director, FIDO Alliance Andrew Shikia |
| 13:48 | 14:03 | Cyberspace threats and police efforts | Takahide Sannomiya, Assistant Director, Cyber Planning Division, Cyber Police Bureau, National Police Agency |
| 14:04 | 14:14 | Cybersecurity in the financial sector | Motofumi Matsunaga, Deputy Director, IT Cyber and Economic Security Supervisory Office, Risk Analysis and Management Division, Policy Management Bureau, Financial Services Agency |
| 14:15 | 14:32 | FIDO2 adoption and future prospects in the securities industry | Shinobu Hirayama, Executive Vice President and Director of Rakuten Securities, Inc. |
| 14:33 | 14:48 | Sponsor Presentation – Signature Sponsor Augmenting Passkey in Highly Regulated Use Cases | Gim Ren Koh, Senior Director, Services APAC, OneSpan |
| 14:49 | 14:59 | Sponsor Presentation – Gold x 3 Successful FIDO implementation at a Japanese securities company Issues with introducing MFA in Japan The role of device passkeys in the new AI era | President of RaonSecure Co. Ltd. / Board Member of FIDO Alliance Eugene Lee President and CEO of International Systems Research Co., Ltd. Raul Mendes / General Manager of Sales Division Kazuto Shibata Yubico Strategic Sales Manager Hiroshi Shiina Everett |
| 15:00 | 15:25 | Break and Demo Viewing | |
| 15:25 | 15:30 | Video Message: Technical Leadership for the Future | Google Identity and Authentication Lead for the Android Platform Lee Campbell (FIDO Alliance Digital Credential Working Group Co-Chair (new)) |
| 15:31 | 15:46 | Google Platform Passkey Updates | Google LLC Developer Advocate A |
| 15:51 | 16:06 | Before learning about "All About Passkeys," here are some basics about passkeys that you may be too embarrassed to ask about. | Eiji KDDI Corporation Application Development Department Expert ID Authentication Development Kosuke Koiwai Masaru Kurabayashi, Director and Evangelist, OpenID Foundation Japan |
| 16:07 | 16:37 | Panel Session: Passkey Index Japan – Towards further development of Passkey | Moderator: LINE Yahoo! Japan Corporation ID Membership Service SBU ID Unit Unit Lead Director Yuya Ito (FIDO Japan Working Group Vice Chair) Panelist: NTT Docomo, Inc. Consumer Services Company Marketing Strategy Department Manager Kensei Kubo KDDI Corporation Personal Systems Headquarters Platform Business Department Business Planning Group Hideki Sawada Mercari Co., Ltd. Foundation and Identity Principal Engineer Tatsuya Kano (Co-chair of the FIDO Alliance Consumer Deployment Working Group) Chief Marketing Officer, FIDO Alliance Megan Shamus |
| 16:38 | 16:48 | Sponsor Presentation – Gold x 3 Introducing the Daon Integrated Authentication Platform Next-generation authentication experience realized with Twilio Verify × Passkey -Beyond MFA. Passkey opens up a secure and seamless login strategy- | Daon Director of Sales Japan Takashi Yoshii Mitsuharu Nakamura, Principal Solutions Architect, Twilio Japan |
| 16:53 | 17:38 | Panel Session: Digital Credentials and the Identity Lifecycle | Moderator: Koichi Moriyama OpenID Foundation Chairman Natsuhiko Sakimura Naohiro Fujie, Representative Director, OpenID Foundation Japan Tatsuya Hayashi, Director of the Identity Unit, Digital Agency CEO and Executive Director, FIDO Alliance Andrew Shikia |
| 17:39 | 17:44 | Closing Remarks | CEO and Executive Director, FIDO Alliance Andrew Shikia |
| 18:00 | 19:00 | Social gathering/Demo viewing |