Code for Japan presented about what's happing in Japan in terms of civic tech scene. Mainly introducing Namie fellowship project.

1. CODE
FOR
JAPAN
SHOWCASE:
HAL
SEKI
Representa)ve,
Code
for
Japan
TAKAYUKI
YOSHINAGA
Code
for
Japan
fellow,
Namie-­‐town,
Fukushima
A
Fellowship
in
Namie,
Fukushima

2. Civic
tech
community
for
the
people
who
wants
to
make
their
ciJes
beLer
place
using
technologies.

3. Brigade
support
SupporJng
19
local
‘Code
for’
CommuniJes
in
Japan.
Fellowship
Arrange
a
talented
team
to
local
governments
for
collaboraJve
working.
Researchers,
project
managers,
coders,
designers
etc.

4. Spreads
to
35
ciJes

5. Takayuki
Yoshinaga

6. Where
is
Namie?
Tokyo
Pref.
Fukushima
Pref.
A
liLle
less
than
300km
north
of
Tokyo 6

7. 7

8. 11th
March,
2011
Earthquake
and
Tsunami
occurred

9. 9

10. Nuclear
Reactor
Namie
Town

11. They
are
sJll
forced
to
be
evacuated
at
least
3
years.

12. 12
Regional
bond
was
broken
A
third
of
the
21,000
populaJon
had
to
move
outside
of
Fukushima.
Tokyo
Pref.
951
people
Saitama
Pref.
733
people
Miyagi
Pref.
604
people
Chiba
Pref.
576
people
…

13. Namie
Town
decided
to
distribute
tablet
devices
to
each
family.

14. Our
Challenge
We
needed
to
understand
their
‘true
needs’
for
solving
the
complex
issues.
CiJzen-­‐Centric
applicaJon
development

15. 7
420
770
Ideathons
People
parJcipated
Ideas
were
presented

16. 3
14
Hackathons
Mock-­‐ups
were
made

17. Now:
Developing
6
Apps
Real-­‐Jme
radiaJon
map
InviJng
event
tools
Local
news
viewer
Guide
character
Namie
photo
slides
Namie
networking
service

18. Planning
workshops
to
strengthen
seniors’
IT
literacy

19. To
create
an
ecosystem
for
the
civic
startups
Code
for
Japan
Summit
Oct.
10-­‐12th
Involve
government
officials
and
economic
leaders
StarJng
‘Corporate
Fellowship’
project
Cooperate
with
exisJng
companies