XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is up 5% over the past 24 hours as Ripple executives arrived in Japan for the XRP Tokyo 2026 conference on April 7, focusing on institutional adoption, RWA tokenization, and DeFi expansion.

The Japan Conference

XRPL Japan is hosting XRP Tokyo 2026 with several Ripple executives including Christina Chan, Tatsuya Kohrogi, and Markus Infanger set to speak. 

The event also features Securitize Japan’s Eiji Kobayashi, Evernorth’s Meg Nakamura, SBI Ripple Asia’s Takafumi Shimoyama, and A16z Crypto’s SungMo Park.

Japan holds strategic importance for Ripple and XRP through longstanding partnerships with SBI Holdings. 

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse confirmed growing demand…

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