28 May 2025

The Perfect Fusion of Technology and Art: World's First All-Optical Network Technology Creates Cross-Geographical Synchronized Performance

Taipei - May 28th, 2025 - NTT DATA, a global leader in digital business and IT services, proudly announces its parent company, NTT Corporation, has successfully conducted the world's first cross-geographical real-time synchronized performance utilizing the Innovative Optical and Wireless Network (IOWN) technology. On May 24 and 25, the live performance of "Super Kabuki" at the "Shining Hat" exhibition hall of the Osaka World Expo was simultaneously transmitted back to the Chunghwa Telecom Activity Center in Taipei, creating an unprecedented cross-geographical virtual and real synchronized performance, bringing a groundbreaking cultural and artistic experience that transcends time and space.

As a pavilion partner for the 2025 Osaka World Expo, the NTT Group has collaborated with Chunghwa Telecom to create a performance that combines technology and art: "Super Kabuki" Powered by IOWN 'Feast of Thousand Cherry Blossoms Expo Edition'. Utilizing the advanced IOWN technology All-Photonics Network (APN), this performance connects Taipei and Osaka, 3,000 kilometers apart, achieving high transmission and low latency for real-time synchronized performance.

NTT DATA in Taiwan, supported to facilitate this cross-geographical performance. They invited guests from their important corporate clients to participate, allowing them to personally experience the extraordinary immersive artistic feast and witness this historic moment together.

Frank Liao, CEO of NTT Taiwan Solutions (NTT DATA), stated: "This performance perfectly combines technology and art, showcasing the limitless possibilities of future communication technology. With the rapid development of AI and integrated virtual-real applications, the demand for network transmission will grow explosively. IOWN technology can support higher speeds, lower latency, and lower energy consumption for all-optical network transmission, contributing to sustainable future development."

Ben Hsieh, General Manager of NTT DATA in Taiwan, said: "In addition to cross-geographical real-time synchronized performances, IOWN technology can be applied in other scenarios such as healthcare, education, carbon reduction in manufacturing processes, and smart cities. We sincerely welcome everyone to visit the NTT Pavilion at the Osaka World Expo to experience and further understand the broad application prospects of IOWN technology."

Performance highlights:

• Super Kabuki: A new form of theater performance combines traditional Japanese Kabuki performance with NTT's ultra-realistic communication technology, allowing the virtual singer, "Hatsune Miku," to perform alongside Kabuki actor Shido Nakamura in a virtual-real collaboration.
• IOWN Technology: A revolutionary communication technology developed by NTT, achieving ultra-high speed, ultra-low latency, and ultra-high precision communication services through optical fiber and wireless networks.
• Taiwan-Japan Cultural Exchange: Inviting Taiwan's renowned cultural performance group, "Chio-Tian Folk Drums & Art Troupe," to perform at the Taipei venue, interacting with Kabuki actors at the Osaka venue, showcasing the exchange between traditional folk cultures of Taiwan and Japan.
• Real-Time Voice Guide: All dialogues of the performance are translated into Traditional Chinese, using NTT's leading cross-language synthesis technology to provide real-time explanations of the plot, cast, costumes, props, and unique Kabuki conventions, allowing Taiwanese audiences to fully enjoy the performance.

For more information about the NTT Pavilion, please visit: https://group.ntt/en/expo2025/.

Delegates in the group photo:

• Takanobu Maeda, CRO, NTT DATA, Inc. (third from left),
• Yosuke Arakane, Head of IOWN Development Office, NTT (second from right),
• Shingo Kinoshita, Senior Vice President, Head of R&D Planning Department, NTT (third from right),
• Yennun Huang, Minister of Digital Affairs (center),
• Alex C.C Chien, Chairman, Chunghwa Telecom (fifth from right),
• Rong-Shy Lin, President, Chunghwa Telecom (fifth from left),
• Takashi Hattori, Deputy Representative, Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (fourth from right),
• Kuang-Cheng Li, Deputy Troupe Leader , Chio-Tian Folk Drums & Art Troupe (third from left)

Taipei audience interacted with Osaka performers via IOWN

Cross-geographical synchronized performance via IOWN between Taipei and Osaka

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