The Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO) is an annual

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for

amusement arcade An amusement arcade, also known as a video arcade, amusements, arcade, or penny arcade (an older term), is a venue where people play arcade games, including arcade video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, mercha ...

products, such as

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s, and

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s. The event is hosted one weekend per year in the

Greater Tokyo Area The Greater Tokyo Area is the most populous metropolitan area in the world, consisting of the Kantō region of Japan (including Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolis and the prefectures of Chiba Prefecture, Chiba, Gunma Prefecture, Gunma, Ibaraki Prefecture, ...

. The event is held at the

Makuhari Messe is a convention center in Chiba (city), Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, located just outside of Tokyo. Designed by Fumihiko Maki, it is accessible by Transportation in Greater Tokyo#Railway and subway, Tokyo's commuter rail system. ''Makuha ...

convention center in Chiba. JAEPO is one of the largest amusement-machine trade fairs in the world. It is organised by the combined efforts of the

Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association The (formerly the , abbreviated JAMMA) is a Japanese trade association headquartered in Tokyo. JAMMA is run by representatives from various arcade video game manufacturers, including Bandai Namco, Sega, Taito, Koei Tecmo, Capcom, and Konami a ...

(JAMMA) and the Amusement Machine Operators' Union (AOU). Before 2012, these organisations each produced separate trade fairs in Greater Tokyo: the Amusement Machine (AM) Show and the AOU Show, respectively.

History

The Amusement Machine Show, or AM Show, was sponsored by the

Japan Amusement Machinery Manufacturers Association The (formerly the , abbreviated JAMMA) is a Japanese trade association headquartered in Tokyo. JAMMA is run by representatives from various arcade video game manufacturers, including Bandai Namco, Sega, Taito, Koei Tecmo, Capcom, and Konami a ...

(JAMMA) and the Japan Amusement Park Equipment Association (JAPEA). In 2012, JAMMA and JAPEA merged and reincorporated as the

. They partnered with the Amusement Machine Operators' Union to promote a single event. The AM Show was scheduled for one weekend in either September, October, or November; the AOU Show occurred in February. When the events merged, the organisers retained the AOU Show's February schedule. The 49th Amusement Machine Show was held on 15–17 September 2011 at Makuhari Messe (which remains the venue for JAEPO). The first two days of the expo were for industry invitees only, and the final day was open to the public. The final AOU Show was the weekend of 18 February 2012; it, too, was held at Makuhari Messe. AOU was a two-day event in which the second day was open to the public.

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JAEPO
at Arcade Heroes. Accessed: 01:40, 15 March 2016 (UTC).
AOU Archives
at Arcade Heroes. Accessed: 01:40, 15 March 2016 (UTC).
AOU Show
at Sega Retro. Accessed: 01:40, 15 March 2016 (UTC).
Amusement Machine Show
at Sega Retro. Accessed: 01:40, 15 March 2016 (UTC).
'96 Amusement Machine Show Line Up
a 1996 AM Show flyer at The Arcade Flyer Archive. Accessed: 22:27, 14 March 2016 (UTC). {{DEFAULTSORT:Japan Amusement Expo Trade fairs in Japan Video game trade shows Recurring events established in 2012 2012 establishments in Japan