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Nikkei Inc. has been delivering valuable business and economic information to professionals for 150 years since its founding in 1876. Approximately 1,500 journalists are engaged in gathering and reporting news on a daily basis from Japan and around the world. Its flagship media platforms include The Nikkei (print and digital editions) and the English-language publication Nikkei Asia. Besides its media-related operations, Nikkei is involved in a wide range of businesses both in Japan and internationally, including organizing cultural events featuring art, music, and traditional performing arts, as well as providing services that support corporate strategy development and the cultivation of human resources.

Nikkei, a company that has continuously provided both Japan and the world with news focused on economics, will make use of its media perspective to carry out a joint project with the art festival. During SIAF 2027, Nikkei will hold a panel discussion titled “PLANET SNOW FORUM―LIFE IN POLESTAR” (tentative name) with the theme of “art x technology x economics”, capturing the ability to envision the future with art, the ability to try technology, and the ability to implement solutions sought out by businesses and governments, and imagining the future Sapporo.