{"rewrite":{"id":"r_e980d9c766daa1445b6941ae","clusterId":"c_c142974d97eee64110cffb67","slug":"atoj-takes-2nd-place-overall-in-icc-kyoto-2026-guardian-award","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"AtoJ Takes 2nd Place Overall in ICC Kyoto 2026 Guardian Award","summary":"AtoJ Inc. placed 2nd overall in the Guardian Award, an inter-company presentation competition at the Industry Co-Creation Summit KYOTO 2026, held in Kyoto City on September 1 and 2. Money Forward took 1st overall with 29.929 points; AtoJ scored 28.581. AtoJ also won 1st in the Differentiation/Originality category and placed 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression.","whyItMatters":"A pitch built around ODR as a social mechanism, not product features, drew the Differentiation/Originality category win from roughly 90 judges, which is a measure of how the room reads positioning over demo in an 8-minute slot.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eAtoJ competed as one of seven exhibiting sponsor companies, alongside Money Forward, PIVOT, Uzabase, UPSIDER, Rib Consulting, and Spir. Each company gave an 8-minute presentation at its own booth to about 90 visiting judges, including past Catapult speakers and executives, and the overall ranking came from the total of average scores across four categories.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAtoJ holds a Minister of Justice certification as an alternative dispute resolution business operator, number 176, and runs the ODR service OneNegotiation. Its entry for the Guardian Award came from a 2nd-place finish in the Startup Catapult at ICC FUKUOKA 2026 in March 2026, which carried the participation slot as a supplementary prize.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"AtoJ's 28.581 trailed Money Forward's 29.929 in ICC Kyoto 2026's Guardian Award, yet AtoJ topped Differentiation/Originality and took 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression.","twitterPost":"AtoJ took 2nd in ICC Kyoto 2026's Guardian Award on points, but 1st in Differentiation/Originality and 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression.","threadsPost":"AtoJ scored 28.581 to Money Forward's 29.929 in ICC Kyoto 2026's Guardian Award, a 1.348-point gap for 2nd overall. AtoJ still won 1st in Differentiation/Originality and placed 2nd in both Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression, so the category spread, not the overall rank, is where the judging landed.","newsletterBlurb":"AtoJ Inc. placed 2nd overall in the Guardian Award at the Industry Co-Creation Summit KYOTO 2026, held September 1 and 2, scoring 28.581 against Money Forward's 29.929. The company also won 1st in the Differentiation/Originality category and placed 2nd in Adoption Benefits/ROI and Best Impression. Its presentation centered on implementing ODR as a dispute resolution mechanism in society, not on product features.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"ASCII.jp\",\"url\":\"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/434/4434456/?rss\",\"title\":\"AtoJ Wins 2nd Place Overall in ICC KYOTO 2026 Guardian Award, Takes 1st in 'Differentiation/Originality' Category\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4734,"outputTokens":667,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789353880,"createdAt":"2026-09-14T02:39:51.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-14T02:43:23.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T02:43:23.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_c142974d97eee64110cffb67","canonicalTitle":"AtoJ、「ICC KYOTO 2026」ガーディアン・アワードにて総合2位、部門賞「差別化・オリジナリティ」で1位を受賞","representativeArticleId":"a_6c2ddba0b6309768e5c4053a","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"ICC KYOTO 2026\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"event\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-14T00:14:55.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-14T00:14:55.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-14T02:43:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"ASCII.jp","url":"https://ascii.jp/elem/000/004/434/4434456/?rss","title":"AtoJ、「ICC KYOTO 2026」ガーディアン・アワードにて総合2位、部門賞「差別化・オリジナリティ」で1位を受賞"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["ICC KYOTO 2026"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"event","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}