Announcing the winners of the Tokyo Financial Award 2025! Award ceremony to be held in collaboration with Japan Fintech Week 2026.

Tokyo Metropolitan Government is advancing initiatives to establish the city as a leader in sustainable finance and a catalyst for financial innovation, included in a strategy called "Tokyo, the world's Financial Services hub for a sustainable future,"

The Tokyo Financial Award*1 aims to enhance presence of Tokyo as a global financial city, foster innovation in the financial sector and improve convenience for the residents of Tokyo by building a sustainable society that harnesses the power of finance.

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Tokyo Financial Award 2025, as detailed below, and details of the ceremony to celebrate their achievements.

This will be a collaborative event with the Japan Fintech Week 2026*2 which is organized by the Financial Services Agency (FSA). It will also include pitches by the award-winning business operators and sessions led by the FSA and fintech industry stakeholders, in addition to numerous networking opportunities.

Register today to attend the award ceremony!

*1 Established in 2018, the Tokyo Financial Award honors exceptional ideas and utilizes the latest financial technologies to address social issues faced by Tokyo residents, as well as those that contribute to building a sustainable society.
*2 To showcase the appeal of Japan’s fintech industry to the global community and create new business opportunities for further development, Japan Fintech Week 2026 will be held from February 24 (Tuesday) to March 6 (Friday), 2026. By collaborating with related events organized by various industry groups, this initiative aims to provide a platform where domestic and international fintech stakeholders can come together in one place.

1. Award ceremony overview 

(1)    Date and venue

March 2, 2026 (Monday) from 16:30 to 20:15 (tbc)
Tokyo Innovation Base 2F “STAGE” (3-8-3 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

(2)    Program and content

Opening remarks, Tokyo Financial Award 2025 ceremony, pitches by the award-winning business operators, sessions, networking opportunities, etc.
Note: Please see Appendix 1 for a detailed schedule.

(3)    Register to attend the ceremony

Register by February 25, 2026 (Wednesday), using the link below or by scanning the QR code.    

Registration page*3: https://globaleysurvey.ey.com/jfe/form/SV_bCSXHEOAuZuqR7w

*3 Registration will close once the number of participants reaches capacity. Prior registration is required to enter the event at Tokyo Innovation Base.

2. Tokyo Financial Award 2025 winners

Financial Innovation Category: Companies creating innovative financial services
Main award
1st Place: Impact Circle (Japan); 2nd Place: Clarity AI (US); 3rd Place: Japan Asset Management Platform (Japan)
Judge’s Special Award*4
EduCare (Japan), Henry (Japan), MynaWallet (Japan)

*4 The Judge’s Special Award is awarded by the judging committee to other business operators in addition to the main award.
Sustainability Category: Business operators promoting ESG investments and implementing SDGs.
Main award
Investment / Business Subcategory:
・GOYOH (Japan)  
・Jikan Techno (Japan) (Also received the Governor’s Special Prize for Green Finance*5)
・Tokyu Fudosan Holdings (Japan)
Sustainable Finance Human Resource Development Subcategory
・Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Japan)
Judge’s Special Award
Sustainable Finance Human Resource Development Subcategory
・Yumiko Miwa Seminar, School of Commerce, Meiji University (Japan)

*5 The Governor’s Special Prize recognizes outstanding performance in the field of green finance and is awarded to one business operator among the award-winning business operators.
Note: Please see Appendix 2 for details of each company’s initiatives.

3. Additional information 

・For more details about the Tokyo Financial Award and FSA’s Japan Fintech Week 2026, please see below.

Tokyo Financial Award 2025    

https://www.finaward.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/en/

Japan Fintech Week 2026   

https://www.fsa.go.jp/policy/japanfintechweek/2026/index_en.html

This event is a part of efforts to promote the Tokyo 2050 Strategy.    

Strategy 12 Global Finance: Establishing the presence of Tokyo 
as an international financial city