Four awards, including the NICT Award, at the Tongali Business Plan Contest 2026

At the final of the Tongali Business Plan Contest 2026, held in June 2026, Beacon’s business plan for dark-space inspection footage received four awards:

• NICT Award
• JR Central Award (Supporter Award)
• Beyond Next Ventures Award (Supporter Award)
• Tongali Award, 5th place

The award-winning team: Toma Okugawa (National Institute of Technology, Yuge College), Uryu Den (Hiroo Gakuen) and Keito Inoshita (Kansai University Graduate School). We sincerely thank the judges, supporters and organizers.

Encouraged by this recognition, we will keep advancing the validation of our technology that turns inspection footage from structurally dark spaces into findings.

• Results (Tongali, Japanese)
• Results report (NICT ICT Startup Support Center, Japanese)