From robotics to virtual reality technologies to 3-D printers, advanced, cutting-edge technology was on display at this year's Educational IT Solutions Expo, which kicked off Wednesday in Tokyo's Koto Ward.
The seventh such expo, this year's event featured a special section to showcase "the learning of the future" for the first time. Some 50 companies are using the opportunity to display what they believe the future of education will look like with advancements in new information technologies.
The highlight of the expo is programming education, as the education ministry is working to incorporate computer programming into the curriculum of all public elementary schools by 2020.