From Edge AI to Agentic AI and Global Contribution — The State of Japan’s AI Ecosystem On February 20, 2026, the Japan Regional User Group (Japan RUG) 3rd Meetup , a Japanese community under the LF AI & Data Foundation, was held at the Fujitsu Kawasaki Tower in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Since its launch last year, Japan RUG has been making steady progress. In this event, the latest insights on AI from the perspectives of “Infrastructure, Compression, Standardization, and Community”…