2021-07-15 / Last updated : 2021-07-15 KUMIITA Event

ICON Corp is one of 54 companies selected to take part in an exhibition dedicated to Japanese technology and pride by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)

ICON Corp. will join an online event NET ZERO Leaders Summit (Japan Business Conference 2021) which will open from 28th July to 10th September. We will introduce one of our safe and environmentally friendly system “Paperless encryption system” (abbreviated as “P.E.S.”)” and our educational toy robot “KUMIITA” in Digitalization Category. Please see here for more information and registration.
2021-02-02 / Last updated : 2021-02-02 KUMIITA Notice

Our picture was a silver prize at MCA

The Mom’s Choice Awards® has named From Planet Programming, it’s KUMIITA! -First Impressions- as among the best in family-friendly media, products and services. The MCA evaluation process uses a propriety methodology in which entries are scored on a number of elements including production quality, design, educational value, entertainment value, originality, appeal, and cost. Click here for the picture book award page Click here for the picture book purchase page About the Mom’s Choice Awards®The Mom’s Choice Awards® (MCA) evaluates products and services created for children, families and educators. The program is globally recognized for establishing the benchmark of excellence in family-friendly media, products and services. The organization is based in […]
2021-01-11 / Last updated : 2021-01-13 KUMIITA Notice

KUMIITA is exhibiting at CES2021

KUMIITA is exhibiting at CES2021, the world’s largest technology trade fair.* This year it will be held online. If you have an account, please see from the venue below.https://digital.ces.tech/home KUMIITA is an educational toy that can be enjoyed by all generations (7 months to adults).By recombining the panel with instructions and running KUMIITA from the start to the goal,it is a product that fosters logical thinking ability. We also introduce educational picture books that have been available since December 2020. Please take this opportunity to check it out.
2020-07-17 / Last updated : 2020-08-04 KUMIITA Others

A new 21st century “STEM” education opportunity, a picture book and an appendix set

A new 21st century “STEM” education opportunity, a picture book and an appendix set Project started from Kickstarter Toshiko Tsuchiya, the representative director of ICON Corp., has started a project for the educational picture book “From Planet Programming, it’s Kumiita!” on Kickstarter, a cloud funding platform, since July 17, 2020. Crowd-funding page   https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconcorp/educational-picture-and-activity-book
2019-11-18 / Last updated : 2019-11-27 KUMIITA Notice

Kumiita set for educational organization was approved as the product for SBIR by City of Yokohama.

Kumiita set for educational organization was approved as the product for Small Business Innovation Research by City of Yokohama on 18th of November, 2019. While having fun of complex movement, children can obtain logical thinking of programming by their eyes and ears.   The below link will direct you to the City of Yokohama site. ————————————— Press release [Japanese]（横浜市経済局ものづくり支援課): https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/city-info/koho-kocho/press/keizai/2019/20191125.html press release document [Japanese]: https://www.city.yokohama.lg.jp/city-info/koho-kocho/press/keizai/2019/20191125.files/0001_20191125.pdf（PDF：932KB）