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title: News, awards and press — TechJapan LLC
source: https://www.tech-japan.jp/news/
updated: 2026-09-03
facts: https://www.tech-japan.jp/facts.json
---
# Awards, credentials and coverage — each with a source.

Every press item on this page links to the third party that published it. Credentials and milestones are company record — stated plainly, so they can be checked against the registries that hold them.

## Legal Data Utilization Award, March 2026

Digital Agency Law x Digital Hackathon 2025. Team Dango, including Go Kyono of TechJapan LLC, won for **Fukko Compass**, a disaster-recovery navigation system that reconciles scattered relief programs against legal data and tells a household which ones apply and what to do next. 112 participants across 20 teams; ten teams reached the final.

[Official announcement](https://www.digital.go.jp/policies/legal-practice/6acf8ad5-3668-4db4-b998-1c20eff10017) [How it was built](https://www.tech-japan.jp/blog/hackathon-award/)

## Public appointments and memberships

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| Digital Promotion Officer | [Go Kyono](https://x.com/kyonogo), appointed by the Digital Agency of Japan |
| Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence | Member |
| Real estate brokerage | Kanagawa Governor Licence (1) No. 32931 |
| Corporate registration | Corporate Number 1011003018911 — [national registry](https://info.gbiz.go.jp/hojin/ichiran?hojinBango=1011003018911) |

## Third-party coverage

| Date | Outlet | Subject |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-07-27 | [VOIX biz](https://voix.jp/biz/news/175506/) | Pasha Kintai launches its integration for licensed labor consultants |
| 2026-06 | [Nikkei Construction](https://xtech.nikkei.com/atcl/nxt/mag/ncr/18/00008/061000565/), June 2026 issue, page 99 | Pasha Kintai in New Products and Services: photograph the timecard, use it only in busy seasons |
| 2026-02-20 | [Gekkan Soumu Online](https://www.g-soumu.com/articles/795beea7-85f6-44cb-bd54-87e767200c02) | An unconventional attendance service: JPY 100 per month, work rules read automatically |
| 2026-02-20 | [O!Product AI](https://oproduct.ai/articles/2307351) | Pasha Kintai launches for manufacturing SMBs: keep the paper, pay JPY 100 per person per month |

## Company timeline

|  |  |
| --- | --- |
| 2024 | TechJapan LLC founded in Hadano, Kanagawa |
| 2026-02 | Pasha Kintai launched |
| 2026-03 | Legal Data Utilization Award, Digital Agency |
| 2026-05 | Seminar on AI and VR for on-site implementation, with Chuei Shinkin Bank |
| 2026-06 | Nikkei Construction feature |
| 2026-07 | Labor consultant integration ships |
| 2026-08 | Hadano AI Cabinet published at h-c.ai |
| 2026-09 | Hadano AI Cabinet v2 record published at h-c.ai |