CNCF Announces Survey Results Showing About 1 Million Cloud-Native Community Developers in Japan

CNCF and SlashData released a survey on cloud-native development in Japan, estimating about 950,000 developers domestically and 19.9 million worldwide.

The report says cloud-native adoption is growing in Japan, but reliance on on-premises infrastructure remains strong.

It also reviews usage trends for API gateways, microservices, and Kubernetes, highlighting where adoption is advancing.

The study emphasizes maturity models and feature flags as important tools for modernizing development platforms and infrastructure.