[Real Event] -Season 2- The 9th Real Event (40th Overall)"Web3 × End-of-Life Planning"── The time has come to redesign the infrastructure of death. ──

こちらが全文の英訳です。

Shibuya Web3 University -Season 2- 9th Real Event (40th Overall)

"Web3 × End-of-Life Planning" ── The time has come to redesign the infrastructure of death. ──

※ This is an in-person event. No online streaming available.

Have you ever thought about your own death?

"It's too soon." "I'd rather not think about it."

Those feelings are probably natural.

But right now, Japan's "social infrastructure surrounding death" is quietly — yet surely — beginning to unravel.

• Opaque funeral costs and the problem of predatory funeral operators

• Abandoned graves and the rising tide of "grave dissolution"

• The expansion of a disconnected society, and personal records disappearing with it

• The anxiety of elderly people who feel they "cannot die in peace"

This is not an "elderly people's problem."

It is a reality that everyone, without exception, will one day face.

And now, technology is opening new possibilities — digital graves, blockchain-based permanent record-keeping, Web3 as a means of passing on "proof of a life lived."

But the questions are simple.

Can technology truly solve the challenges of death? What should be solved — and what cannot be? Who will redesign this "infrastructure of death"?

■ About This Event

This event is not a technology study session.

A fifth-generation funeral practitioner who has faced "the scene of death" throughout his career, and an entrepreneur applying blockchain and Web3 to the emerging field of "grave tech" — each will speak frankly about what they see from their respective frontlines, and where their challenges stand today.

And on the day, it won't be a one-way lecture.

Using Mentimeter for real-time audience participation, the entire room will be designed as a space to engage with these issues as something personally relevant.

"Are you leaving the arrangements for your own death to someone else?"

We hope today becomes the starting point for confronting that question.

■ Time Schedule

Time	Program
17:00	Doors open
18:00–18:10	Opening — Opening question: "Have you ever thought about your own death?" (Real-time audience response via Mentimeter)
18:10–18:30	Session by Yusuke Wada — "What the Scene of Death Reveals: The Challenges of End-of-Life Planning and Its Redesign"
18:30–18:50	Session by Tetsuo Fujisawa — "The Challenge of Grave Tech: Carrying Proof of Life into the Future with Web3"
18:50–19:35	Panel Discussion — "Can Technology Save Us from Death?" — A deep dive incorporating questions from the audience
19:35–19:45	Closing & Group Photo
19:45–20:30	Networking

■ Who Should Attend

✓ Those interested in end-of-life planning, inheritance, and memorial services ✓ Those interested in the social implementation of Web3 and blockchain ✓ Those who want to understand social challenges at their core ✓ Those involved in new business development and innovation ✓ Those who want to think about "death" and "the end of life" as personally relevant ✓ Members of Shibuya Web3 University's Create Course and SGX Program

■ Event Details

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 | 18:00–20:30 (Doors open 17:00) ※ Entry will not be permitted after 19:30 Venue: WeWork, 45F Shibuya Scramble Square Address: 2-24-12 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo (directly connected to Shibuya Station) Registration: https://shibuyaweb3univ20260520.peatix.com Capacity: 100 (approval-based admission) Admission: Free Please bring: One business card

Drinks will be provided (2 craft beers, coffee, tea) — self-service. No food will be served.

This event uses an approval-based admission system. Approved attendees will receive an "Admission Approval / Entry Instructions" email at the address provided during registration, sent sequentially starting one week before the event. Please take care to enter your email address correctly, as an incorrect address will prevent entry. If an email is undeliverable, we may contact you via Peatix message. Due to limited capacity, please notify us at least 2 days in advance via Peatix message if you need to cancel.

■ Speakers

Yusuke Wada CEO, Y.E.Y Co., Ltd.

Born in Chigasaki, Kanagawa. Graduated from Boston University's College of Engineering. His family has operated a funeral home since the late Edo period, and he is the fifth generation. After working as a development engineer at a precision equipment manufacturer, he now leads Y.E.Y Co., Ltd. — a company that started by creating memorial portraits. He has served as Vice President of the Japan Funeral Culture Academic Society and IT Committee Chair of the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan. He advocates for "Death Reform®" and "Journey Designer®," exploring new approaches to end-of-life planning through the fusion of technology and perspectives on life and death. He has been involved in AI since 1985 (during his university years) and is also active in generative AI development. His motto: "Use technology to rebuild a society that faces death."

🔗 https://yey.co.jp 🔗 https://jFuneral.com 🔗 https://yeyshonan.com

Tetsuo Fujisawa CEO, Smart Senior Inc.

Born in Niigata Prefecture. After graduating from the University of Southern California (USC), he worked at IBM and Hitachi before serving as an executive at a listed IT company. From 2019, he turned his attention to the potential of blockchain, Web3, and NFTs and founded Smart Senior Inc. He applies technology to the fields of end-of-life planning and memorial services, developing and selling "grave tech" products that advance the digitization of graves and RWA (Real World Asset tokenization). With the vision of a society where everyone can close out their life with peace of mind — and where elderly people no longer have to worry about graves — he is building systems that use Web3 and blockchain to carry proof of a life lived and ancestral history into the future.

■ Important Notes

Admission Approval This event uses an approval-based admission system. Approved attendees will receive an "Admission Approval / Entry Instructions" email starting one week before the event.

Cancellation Policy Due to limited capacity, please notify us at least 2 days in advance via Peatix message if you need to cancel.

Additional Notes

• Please double-check your email address when registering

• Registration deadline: 21:00 the day before the event

• Photography is permitted at the venue

• The event will be photographed for promotional purposes

• Entry on the day of the event is only permitted until 19:30. Please arrive before then.
  

Shibuya Web3 University

https://www.shibuyaweb3univ.com/