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The Mainichi
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Mainichi
Kabuki star Nakamura Shido joins Vocaloid 'Hatsune Miku' in high-tech Osaka Expo show
OSAKA -- A Kabuki performance co-starring actor Nakamura Shido and virtual diva Hatsune Miku was staged during the Osaka Expo on May 24, with a performing arts group in Taiwan also making a virtual appearance on stage. The "Cho Kabuki" (literally, "super Kabuki") performance utilized Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (NTT)'s next-generation communication technology IOWN. Short for Innovative Optical and Wireless Network, IOWN can provide high-speed and low-latency transmission of large volumes of data. NTT launched its first international IOWN network in August 2024 between Japan and Taiwan. Cho Kabuki has been popular since it was premiered in 2016 by Shochiku Co. and others utilizing the NTT technology. During the latest show, a special edition of the first production "Hanakurabe Senbonzakura" was staged at Expo Hall Shining Hat in Osaka's Konohana Ward. The show portrays a struggle between good and evil by fusing the world views of Kabuki's classic "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" and Hatsune Miku's signature piece "Senbonzakura." Members of Taiwan's Chio-Tian Folk Drums & Art Troupe appeared virtually as "gods beyond the seas," engaging in a folk performing arts program that is seen during festivals in Taiwan. Footage of performers at the Expo venue on Yumeshima Island and their counterparts at a hall in Taiwan was sent in both directions, enabling joint appearances from their respective stages, transcending the border between reality and virtual space through the traditional performing arts and cutting-edge cultures of Japan and Taiwan.
Yomiuri Shimbun
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yomiuri Shimbun
2025 Osaka Expo: Show at Osaka Expo Streams in Performers Live from Taiwan with Aids of NTT's Next-Gen Network
The Yomiuri Shimbun A stage rehearsal is taken place by means of IOWN at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo venue in Konohana ward, Osaka, on Saturday. Performers from a venue at the 2025 Osaka-Kansai Expo and an another venue in Taiwan act together by means of Innovative Optical and Wireless Network, a next-generation communications infrastructure, on Saturday and Sunday. IOWN is characterized by its ability to transmit large volumes of data at high speed with low latency. It was provided by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. to link the two venues, which are approximately 3,000 kilometers apart. At the Expo site in Yumesima, Osaka Prefecture, Kabuki actor Shido Nakamura and virtual singer Hatsune Miku performed, while at the Taiwanese site, a traditional performing arts group took to the stage. Lighting effects were integrated, with each screen projecting performers dancing and fighting together despite being far apart, creating a sense of unity in the performance. This was the first time that an initiative utilizing IOWN was established between Japan and Taiwan. During a rehearsal similar to the real stage, which was open to the press on Saturday, the round-trip communication time was 0.04 seconds. 'The performance, in which the lighting, sound and movements of the performers were perfectly synchronized, is a fruits of technology that only IOWN can deliver.,' Akira Shimada, president of NTT said.
09-05-2025
- Business
NTT to Become Official Corporate Name in July
News from Japan Technology May 9, 2025 17:04 (JST) Tokyo, May 9 (Jiji Press)--Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. said Friday that it will change its official corporate name to NTT Inc. in July. The name change became possible after the revised NTT law was implemented last year. The telecommunications company has used Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. as its official name and NTT as its common name since its privatization in 1985. Its former name was Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corp. END [Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.] Jiji Press
