Japan CTO Association's "New Graduate Engineer Joint Training" Enters Its Third Year: A Cross-Industry, Cross-Company Initiative to Nurture New Graduates
The Japan CTO Association will hold its "New Graduate Engineer Joint Training" for the third year in 2026, targeting new graduate engineers from member companies and individual members. This initiative fosters new graduates across companies and industries, with the cooperation of eight instructor companies and six venue providers. It aims to address the engineer shortage and provide a robust training environment for 100 motivated participants.
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The Japan CTO Association (Headquarters: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masayuki Imamura; hereinafter: Japan CTO Association) will once again host the "New Graduate Engineer Joint Training" in fiscal year 2026. This program is a cross-company initiative to nurture new graduates, targeting new graduate engineers from the Association's corporate member companies and individual members.
This training program, which began in fiscal year 2024, is now entering its third year. The first session for this fiscal year will commence today, May 13, 2026 (Wednesday). A total of eight sessions, including six mandatory sessions and optional programs, will be conducted with the cooperation of eight instructor companies and six venue-providing companies.
Each year, the program has been highly praised by participating new graduate engineers and their affiliated companies. This year, to provide a fulfilling training environment for new graduate engineers who are eager to learn proactively, participation requirements have been clarified, and the program will accommodate 100 participants.
Background of the "New Graduate Engineer Joint Training"
The Japan CTO Association's mission is "to make technological self-transformation commonplace in Japanese society." Its objective is to contribute to the development of the Japanese economy by promoting technology penetration in corporate management and fostering world-class engineers.
Recruiting and developing engineers is a critical management challenge regardless of industry or scale. The following three points, in particular, present significant hurdles for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):
There is a persistent shortage of engineers in Japan as companies seek to expand their businesses and venture into new areas.
For startups and SMEs, hiring new graduate engineers involves not only significant recruitment costs but also substantial training costs.
There is a lack of opportunities for new graduate engineers to gain a broad perspective and practical experience beyond the confines of their own companies.
Against this backdrop, an increasing number of companies have been foregoing new graduate recruitment activities in recent years. To solve the persistent problem of engineer shortages, investment in "development" is essential, not just recruitment.
This training program was launched in fiscal year 2024 with the aim of increasing the number of self-reliant leaders and individuals capable of fulfilling the role of CTO across the industry in the future.
Building Lifelong Colleagues: Establishment of "Connect Meetup"
In previous years, a "social gathering" was held at the same venue after each training session. Starting this year, it will be renamed "Connect Meetup" to facilitate interaction as a dialogue-centered platform after the training.
"Building a lifelong network of colleagues who can challenge and inspire each other beyond the boundaries of their own companies" is one of the objectives of this training. Past participant surveys have shown feedback such as, "Because of this time, I was able to make engineer friends with whom I can consult even after the training."
2026 Training Program Content
This year too, the training content will be provided by corporate member companies of the Japan CTO Association.
Session | Theme | Instructor | Venue
--- | --- | --- | ---
0 (Optional) | AWS JumpStart 2026 | Amazon Web Services Japan G.K. | Online
1 | Learning Facilitation to Improve Quality of Relationships | Members Co., Ltd. | Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.
2 | Next-Generation Cloud-Native Architecture Realized with Google Cloud | Google Cloud Japan G.K. | Google Cloud Japan G.K.
3 | Engineer Work Styles, Careers, and Their Changes | LayerX Inc. | LayerX Inc.
4 | OpenAI Platform Overview and Codex Hands-on | OpenAI Japan G.K. | Cybozu, Inc.
5 | Server Disassembly Training | GMO Internet Group, Inc. | GMO Internet Group, Inc.
6 | Starting Multi-Cloud with AlibabaCloud ~AI+Cloud Technology Supporting the World's Largest E-commerce Site~ | Alibaba Cloud Japan | Leverages Co., Ltd.
7 (Optional / Advanced Program) | CTOA New Grad Joint ISUCON Training*1 + Explanation | PR TIMES Inc. | GMO Internet Group, Inc.
*1) "ISUCON" is a trademark or registered trademark of SAKURA Internet Inc.
Please refer to the training reports by participants and news from various media outlets for details on each session. This year, interview videos by the technology media "Newbee" and report content from multiple media outlets are scheduled to be released. If you wish to conduct an interview, please contact the Japan CTO Association's official website.
Although participation for this year has already closed, inquiries from non-member companies considering participation in fiscal year 2027 and beyond are also welcome.
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This training program, which began in fiscal year 2024, is now entering its third year. The first session for this fiscal year will commence today, May 13, 2026 (Wednesday). A total of eight sessions, including six mandatory sessions and optional programs, will be conducted with the cooperation of eight instructor companies and six venue-providing companies.
Each year, the program has been highly praised by participating new graduate engineers and their affiliated companies. This year, to provide a fulfilling training environment for new graduate engineers who are eager to learn proactively, participation requirements have been clarified, and the program will accommodate 100 participants.
Background of the "New Graduate Engineer Joint Training"
The Japan CTO Association's mission is "to make technological self-transformation commonplace in Japanese society." Its objective is to contribute to the development of the Japanese economy by promoting technology penetration in corporate management and fostering world-class engineers.
Recruiting and developing engineers is a critical management challenge regardless of industry or scale. The following three points, in particular, present significant hurdles for startups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs):
There is a persistent shortage of engineers in Japan as companies seek to expand their businesses and venture into new areas.
For startups and SMEs, hiring new graduate engineers involves not only significant recruitment costs but also substantial training costs.
There is a lack of opportunities for new graduate engineers to gain a broad perspective and practical experience beyond the confines of their own companies.
Against this backdrop, an increasing number of companies have been foregoing new graduate recruitment activities in recent years. To solve the persistent problem of engineer shortages, investment in "development" is essential, not just recruitment.
This training program was launched in fiscal year 2024 with the aim of increasing the number of self-reliant leaders and individuals capable of fulfilling the role of CTO across the industry in the future.
Building Lifelong Colleagues: Establishment of "Connect Meetup"
In previous years, a "social gathering" was held at the same venue after each training session. Starting this year, it will be renamed "Connect Meetup" to facilitate interaction as a dialogue-centered platform after the training.
"Building a lifelong network of colleagues who can challenge and inspire each other beyond the boundaries of their own companies" is one of the objectives of this training. Past participant surveys have shown feedback such as, "Because of this time, I was able to make engineer friends with whom I can consult even after the training."
2026 Training Program Content
This year too, the training content will be provided by corporate member companies of the Japan CTO Association.
Session | Theme | Instructor | Venue
--- | --- | --- | ---
0 (Optional) | AWS JumpStart 2026 | Amazon Web Services Japan G.K. | Online
1 | Learning Facilitation to Improve Quality of Relationships | Members Co., Ltd. | Amazon Web Services Japan G.K.
2 | Next-Generation Cloud-Native Architecture Realized with Google Cloud | Google Cloud Japan G.K. | Google Cloud Japan G.K.
3 | Engineer Work Styles, Careers, and Their Changes | LayerX Inc. | LayerX Inc.
4 | OpenAI Platform Overview and Codex Hands-on | OpenAI Japan G.K. | Cybozu, Inc.
5 | Server Disassembly Training | GMO Internet Group, Inc. | GMO Internet Group, Inc.
6 | Starting Multi-Cloud with AlibabaCloud ~AI+Cloud Technology Supporting the World's Largest E-commerce Site~ | Alibaba Cloud Japan | Leverages Co., Ltd.
7 (Optional / Advanced Program) | CTOA New Grad Joint ISUCON Training*1 + Explanation | PR TIMES Inc. | GMO Internet Group, Inc.
*1) "ISUCON" is a trademark or registered trademark of SAKURA Internet Inc.
Please refer to the training reports by participants and news from various media outlets for details on each session. This year, interview videos by the technology media "Newbee" and report content from multiple media outlets are scheduled to be released. If you wish to conduct an interview, please contact the Japan CTO Association's official website.
Although participation for this year has already closed, inquiries from non-member companies considering participation in fiscal year 2027 and beyond are also welcome.
Contact Us Here