--- title: From Tokyo to Seoul to Taipei: MySQL Community... description: Oracle's MySQL team conducted a JAPAC community tour across Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, meeting with user groups, developers, customers, and media. Key themes... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/from-tokyo-to-seoul-to-taipei-mysql-community-conversations-across-japac-od7qefp9i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: From Tokyo to Seoul to Taipei: MySQL Community Conversations Across JAPAC | daily.dev og:description: Oracle's MySQL team conducted a JAPAC community tour across Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, meeting with user groups, developers, customers, and media. Key themes... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-tokyo-to-seoul-to-taipei-mysql-community-conversations-across-japac-od7qefp9i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/oD7QeFP9I.png og:image:alt: From Tokyo to Seoul to Taipei: MySQL Community Conversations Across JAPAC og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From Tokyo to Seoul to Taipei: MySQL Community Conversations Across JAPAC **[Planet MySQL](https://daily.dev/sources/planet-mysql)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Oracle's MySQL team conducted a JAPAC community tour across Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, meeting with user groups, developers, customers, and media. Key themes included roadmap transparency, open governance, GitHub-based collaboration, and AI-era database features like native vector support and MCP integration. The tour reinforced the importance of regional community feedback in shaping MySQL's future, with plans for similar engagement in LAD and EMEA regions. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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