International Conference on Combinatorial Game Theory in Japan

March 19–22, 2026 | Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Welcome to CGT Japan 2026!

Welcome to CGT Japan 2026! This is the first international conference on Combinatorial Game Theory to be held in Japan.

We welcome original research in all areas of Combinatorial Game Theory, including, but not limited to, its connections with algorithms, computational complexity, informatics, economics, education, history, and related fields. We look forward to your participation!

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📝 Registration

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The registration fee is free.The dinner fee will be approximately JPY 3,000–7,000 per person.
Details about the venue and the dinner fee will be announced soon.  

🎤 Invited Speakers

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📢 Call for Talks

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📅 Program

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📍 Venue&Accomodation

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🔗 Contact

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Important Dates

Presentation application deadline: December 31

Abstract submission deadline: December 31

Conference dinner registration deadline: December 31

General registration deadline: February 28

Invited Talks

Name: Urban Larsson

Affiliation: IEOR, IIT Bombay
Talk Title: Additive Sink Subtraction

Name: Ryohei Miyadera

Affiliation: Keimei Gakuin Junior & Senior High School
Talk Title: Twenty years of my research on combinatorial game theory with high school
students -Chocolate Games, Games with a Pass, Maximum Nim-

Name: Ko Sakai

Affiliation: Kanagawa University
Talk Title: Conway’s Field of Characteristic 2 and the Algorithms for Its Operations

Name: Carlos Pereira dos Santos

Affiliation: ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon & NovaMath, FCT NOVA, Portugal
Talk Title: The discovery of the surreal numbers

Name: Takenobu Takizawa

Affiliation: Waseda University
Talk Title: Combinatorial Game Theory Applying Go Endgames

Venue – Access & Map

Venue:
Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
Building and Room information will be updated closer to the date.

NOTE: Waseda Campus (NOT “Nishi-Waseda” Campus)

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Organizing Committee

Koki Suetsugu (Waseda University) (Co-Chair)

Tomoaki Abuku (Gifu University) (Co-Chair)

Satoru Takagi (Waseda University)

Hironori Kiya (Osaka Metropolitan University)

Kosaku Watanabe (Hiroshima University)

Hiroki Inazu (Hiroshima University)

Takahiro Yamashita (Hiroshima University)

Hikaru Manabe (Tsukuba University)

Support

This research meeting is supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI Grant Number 22K13953, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists(PI T. Abuku), and Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University. We sincerely acknowledge these support.