Grafana Labs Opens World's First Executive Briefing Center in Ginza, Tokyo

TOKYO — May 28, 2026 — Grafana Labs, the company behind the open and composable observability platform, announced today the opening of its first-ever Executive Briefing Center (EBC) in Ginza, Tokyo. This marks the company's first physical location since its founding, serving as a hub for customers, partners, and the engineering community to experience Grafana's solutions firsthand. Since its inception in 2014, Grafana Labs has operated as a remote-first company with no headquarters, now employing over 1,500 people across 40 countries. Japan is a key market for Grafana Labs, with over 50,000 monthly active users of the open-source version and a 5x growth in Japan-related ARR over the past two years. According to Fuji Chimera Research Institute, the Japanese observability market is projected to grow from 94.6 billion JPY in 2024 to 113.8 billion JPY by 2028. The EBC is designed to function as a community hub, a space for customer dialogue, and a center for partner collaboration. The interior design features a 'skeleton' ceiling to embody the philosophy of observability. Moving forward, the company plans to host executive briefings and technical workshops to accelerate its growth in the Japanese market.