[2][3] In 2012, JAMMA and JAPEA merged and reincorporated as the Japan Amusement Machine and Marketing Association.
They partnered with the Amusement Machine Operators' Union to promote a single event.
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[4][5] (which remains the venue for JAEPO).
[4][5] The final AOU Show was the weekend of 18 February 2012; it, too, was held at Makuhari Messe.