Overview of IT strategy in Japan

1. IT Strategy in Japan
Kenji Hiramoto Executive Advisor to the Government CIO, Japan April, 2013

2. 2011-3-11 Great East Japan Earthquake
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The earthquake was a pivotal turning point
for Japan.Yahoo! JAPAN
East Japan Earthquake Picture Project

3. 2011-3-11 Great East Japan Earthquake
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Everyone thought,
“We must do something.”
“We can do something.”
Yahoo! JAPAN
East Japan Earthquake Picture Project

4. New Social Structure for the future.
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Government
NPO
Civic Hacker
Society
Small Government +
Empowerment area
Industry

5. IT Strategy
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Declaration
to be the World's Most Advanced IT Nation
Eliminating Gridlock and Rejuvenating Japan
Achieve an IT Nation on the cutting edge of the world by 2020

6. The Society that Japan Should Seek to become
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Create a society that encourages the creation of new and innovative
industries and services and growth
• open data and big data
• agriculture
• open innovation and new businesses
The world’s safest and most disaster-resilient society where people can live
safely, with peace of mind, and comfort
• healthy, longevity society
• disaster-resilient society
• Intelligent transportation system
• work-life balance
Create a society with one-stop public services that anyone can access and use
from anywhere at any time
• Provide highly convenient electronic government services,
• Reform national and local government administrative information systems

7. Technology Challenge
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Sensoring Technologies
Networks
Services

8. Intelligent Transportation System
Traffic Jams
Maintenances
Accidents
Driving Data
Traffic and road closure
information
Predicted
Arrival time
Private films.
Honda,
Toyota,
Nissan,
Pioneer
ITS Japan
Smooth driving
Reduce Accident
Speedy rescue & recovery
VICS Center
Driving data
Data of Traffic jams,
Maintenances and
Accident
Driving data
(Hard braking)
Data of Accident
Driving data
(Traffic history)
Data of Maintenance
(Closure)
Photo: MLIT, Toyota, Honda, ITS Japan 7

9. Weather forecast
“GO-U! Detector” show us the detail real-time information of rain.
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5km SituationARモード(250m mesh)
Tokyo amesh
https://itunes.apple.com/jp/app/id655469995?mt=8
X-band MP
radar network
X-band radar
Radar
Sensor
Tokyo Metropolitan
Government
MLIT
http://tokyo-ame.jwa.or.jp/
Go U！ Detector
A decade ago
Now
Avoid being caught in the heavy rain!!
豪雨：heavy rain

10. Earthquake early-warning system for Shinkansen
 Enable to slow down high- speed train“Shinkansen”
 Case in the earthquake in 2011: Hayate, Yamabiko
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Hayate25
(245km/h)
Hayate28
(unknown)
Yamabiko59
(270km/h)
Hayate27
(270km/h)
Yamabiko63
(270km/h)
Max Yamabiko144
(unknown)
Hayate26
(270km/h)
Yamabiko142
(238km/h)
Hayate29
(270km/h)
Nasuno259
(unknown)
Yamabiko63
(270km/h)
Seismometer
Shinkansen
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Damage
Civil Eng. Electricity
(Map & Photo: JR EAST)

11. Dark
Bright
Street map
 Local government provides the data of streetlamps.
 NGY Night street advisor
 Street lamp information (100,000) + Google map
 Navigation function.
Safety route!

12. Future plan
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Key Technologies
Interoperability Framework & Standards
• Vocabulary set
• Data standards
Simple Government
Government as a platform

13. THANK YOU
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