About the Event

SuperReturn Japan is the premier private capital conference in Japan, held on 2 and 3 December 2026 at The Ritz-Carlton in Tokyo. Organised by Informa Connect as part of the global SuperReturn series, the event draws 400+ senior decision-makers from 20+ countries including 200+ LPs and 150+ GPs, facilitating 8,000+ meetings across two days. The programme features two full days of main stage plenary sessions, keynote addresses, a Preqin data presentation, an LP/GP closed-door discussion, a Women in Private Markets lunch, an invite-only LP afternoon tea, an invite-only LP-only lunch, and evening drinks receptions. Qualifying LPs attend free of charge. The event is CPD certified and curated by the SuperReturn LP Council.

Audience and Attendees

The event brings together a uniquely balanced mix of Japanese domestic institutional investors and international private capital professionals focused on the Japan opportunity. LP firms who attended in 2025 include Japan Investment Corporation, IFC, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, 57 Stars, Oman Investment Authority, Japan Post Investment Corporation, and Dai-ichi Life Insurance. GP firms include Blue Owl, StepStone Group, Golden Gate Ventures, Blackstone, Black Mangroves, Amino Capital, SAIL Investments, and Nuveen. Speakers confirmed for 2026 represent organisations including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment, Aksia, Japan Investment Corporation, ORIX Life Insurance Corporation, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Tokio Marine Asset Management, Daido Life Insurance, MCP Asset Management, J-STAR, and FundSight. LP attendees span insurance companies including AXA Life Insurance, Daido Life Insurance, and Dai-ichi Life Insurance; banks and DFIs including Asian Development Bank, Mizuho Bank, and MUFG; single family offices including Decent Capital, NF Trinity, and Orient Victoria; and sovereign wealth funds including Japan Investment Corporation, Oman Investment Authority, and Temasek.

Programme Structure

Day One on 2 December opens with registration at 8:00am followed by a Preqin data presentation, a global private capital macro outlook session, two keynote addresses, a session on Japan's private markets opportunity, two further keynotes, a panel on the real story of private markets, a liquidity and secondaries innovations session, and an investor insights panel featuring senior Japanese LP executives from Tokio Marine Asset Management, Aksia, ORIX Life Insurance, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Investment, and Daido Life Insurance. A parallel LP/GP closed-door discussion runs during the morning break, and an invite-only LP afternoon tea takes place from 3:00pm. Day One closes with the chair's remarks at 5:10pm followed by a drinks reception from 5:10pm to 6:30pm. Day Two on 3 December covers private equity strategy updates, the sustainability and scale of private credit growth, Japan's owner exit and carveout market, infrastructure and energy transition in the context of geopolitical risk, an LP-only closed-door workshop on side letters, sustainability without greenwashing, and GP economics including seeding and staking strategies. An invite-only LP-only lunch runs from 1:00pm to 2:00pm on Day Two.

Main Topics

The agenda spans the full private capital opportunity set in Japan and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Key themes include the structural drivers behind Japan's surging buyout and venture capital activity; the macroeconomic and geopolitical context shaping global private capital allocation; Japan's private markets from the LP perspective, covering allocation strategy, risk appetite, and manager selection; the liquidity spectrum including secondaries, continuation vehicles, and semi-liquid fund structures; private wealth as an emerging growth horizon for fund managers in Japan; Japan's venture capital boom and the emergence of a new startup ecosystem; private credit's trajectory toward $2 trillion globally and its implications for LP portfolio construction; Japan's owner-driven exit market and corporate carveout opportunities; infrastructure and energy transition as hard asset investment categories amid rising geopolitical risk; sustainability and ESG governance beyond greenwashing; GP economics including seeding, staking, and the evolution of manager investment as an asset class; and the evolving LP-GP relationship in Japan including the use of side letters and transparency expectations.

Closing Session

SuperReturn Japan 2026 concludes on 3 December following the final afternoon session on GP seeding and staking strategies, with the two-day programme at The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo closing after a concentrated programme of Japanese and global private markets content. The 8,000+ meetings facilitated through the ConnectMe networking app across both days reflect the event's standing as Japan's most significant annual gathering for the private capital community.

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