This report presents findings from the OpenTelemetry Japanese Community Survey, conducted to understand the current landscape of OTel awareness, adoption, and community engagement among developers and engineers in Japan. The survey targeted practitioners across roles such as development, SRE, DevOps, and Platform Engineering, distributed through CNCF community channels and Japanese social platforms like X (formerly Twitter), Qiita, and Zenn. The goal was to develop data-driven strategies that can meaningfully grow OTel usage and engagement within Japan’s tech ecosystem.

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A survey of the OpenTelemetry Japanese community reveals strong adoption maturity, with 61% already running OTel in production and 87% either in production or evaluation. Traces dominate signal collection at 93%, unlike global trends where metrics lead. Go teams show the highest adoption commitment, jumping from 39% in evaluation to 76% in production. The community NPS stands at +49, with over 60% being active promoters. Key gaps identified include OpenTelemetry's absence on Twitter/X and Japanese platforms like Zenn and Qiita, low KubeCon Japan attendance despite high conference participation, and opportunities to expand Japanese-language documentation and community outreach beyond the Kanto region.