The document discusses the state of smart cities in Japan. It notes that the first generation of smart cities are being completed, but that municipalities are now feeling what's next after initial energy-focused demonstrations. It also summarizes that the Japanese smart city industry's business strategies primarily focus on deploying solutions from initial projects within Japan and Southeast Asia. It identifies opportunities for US companies to partner with Japanese and Asian counterparts on technology+finance projects in Asia and city+industry partnerships in Japan.

1. Smart Cities Council
Partner Meeting
June 18, 2014, Dallas
The State of the
Japanese Smart City
Market
Potential for growth and
partnerships
Michinaga Kohno
President and Chief Executive Officer
Michi Creative City Designers Inc.
michi@michi-city.com
http://www.michi-city.com

2. 2
Timeline
Next-Generation Energy and Social Systems Demonstration Areas
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Yokohama City, Toyota City, Kyoto Prefecture (Kansai Science City), Kitakyushu City
“Future City” Initiative
Environment, Aging Society,
New Human-Centric Value
Cabinet Office of Japan
Shimokawa Town, Kashiwa City, Yokohama City, Toyama City, Kitakyushu City,
Kesen Union of Cities, Kamaishi, Iwanuma, Higashi-Matsushima, Minami-Soma
https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/singi/tiiki/kankyo/en/index.html
Private Sector
 Mitsui Fudosan (Mitsui Real Estate)
 Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City
 Nihonbashi
 Mitsubishi Estate
 Dai-Maru-Yu (Otemachi, Marunouchi, Yurakucho)
March 11
Tokyo Olympic & Paralympics Games

3. 3
Governmental Approaches
Prime Minister
Cabinet Office
National Resilience Headquarters
(Est. December, 2013)
Ministries
Office for Promotion of Regional
Revitalization “Future City” Initiative
Ministry of Economy, Trade and
Industry (METI)
Ministerial Conference for
Promotion of Infrastructure
Export
New Energy and Industrial Technology
Development Organization (NEDO)
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure,
Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Japan Smart Community
Alliance (JSCA)
Japan Conference on Overseas Development of Eco-Cities (JCODE)
Japan-Russia Council on Urban and Environmental Problems

4. Central
Tokyo
Yokohama
Kashiwa-no-ha
Narita AP
Chiba City
Saitama City
Kamakura
Examples
Yokohama City
 One of the earliest demonstration projects on smart grids
with the governmental subsidy
 Granted both “Next-Generation Energy” and “Future
City”
Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City
 Private project led by a real
estate developer
 “Smart Center”: Integrated
platform for management
of energy, transportation
and healthcare
 Self-sufficient power supply
and “Smart Center” to act
as an emergency operation
center in case of disaster
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5. Yokohama City
Optimized energy management as a whole city
Yokohama has the
double experiences of
total devastation during
the last 100 years.
Great Kanto Earthquake
1923
Air-raid 1945
By courtesy of the City of Yokohama
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6. Smart infrastructure in coalition with
numerous infrastructures
Broader choice of energy
sources in case of blackout
By courtesy of the City of Yokohama
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7. Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City
Kashiwa-no-ha Park
Kashiwa-no-ha Campus,
Chiba University
Shopping mall
LaLaport Kashiwa-no-ha
District 148 Park City 2nd Town
(under construction)
Kashiwa Campus,
University of Tokyo
Park City 1st Town
Kashiwa-no-ha
Campus Railway
Station
*Aerial photo of the site combined with CGIs of 148th Block and
Park City 2nd Town
Oak Village
By courtesy of Mitsui Fudosan
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8. Concept or AEMS-based Smart Grid
Storage batteries LaLaport Kashiwa-no-ha
BEMS
(shopping Center)
HEMS BEMS
HEMS
HEMS
AEMS
（Area Energy Management System)
Solar power
generation
Electric vehicles
Hotel & residential Building Commercial & office Building
Park City 1st Town
Kashiwa-no-ha Smart Center
By courtesy of Mitsui Fudosan
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9. Key Players
 Real Estate Developers
 Mitsui Fudosan
 Mitsubishi Estate
 Architects and Planners
 NIKKEN SEKKEI
 Oriental Consultants
 Construction
 Shimizu Corporation
 Kajima Corporation
 Housing
 Sekisui House, Ltd.
 Panasonic Corporation
 Rail
 Tokyu Corporation
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 EV
 Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.
 Mitsubishi Motors Corp.
 Energy & Utility
 EnergyAdvance
Subsidiary of Tokyo Gas
 Swing Corporation
 Metawater
 Technology Conglomerates
 Hitachi, Ltd.
 Toshiba Corporation
 ICT
 NEC Corporation

10. Business Cases
US Companies
(Tech Solutions)
US Investors
Municipalities of the
Tohoku Area of Japan
Case 1
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Case 2
Case 3
Case 4
Devastated areas by the
earthquake and Tsunami
Innovative
Rehabilitation Plan
Market (Target) Areas
US Companies
(Tech Solutions)
JP Companies
(Tech Solutions)
US Investors, US RE Developers
Southeast Asia,
India
Backing by JP Gov.
US Companies
(Tech Solutions)
US Utility Firms
JP Companies
(Tech Solutions)
NEDO
Domo
Model City
NEDO in US
Subsidy
Joint Proposal
JP Companies
(Main Contractor)
US Companies
(Tech Solutions)
JP RE
Developer
Tech
Back-up

11. Summary
Smart City Market in Japan
 First-generation “Smart Cites” being completed
 Kind of cool down and a bit of disappointment among
mayors and municipalities after four years’ enthusiasm
 “WHAT’S NEXT?” feeling after energy-centric demos
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Business Strategies of Japan’s Smart City
Industry
 Deployment of solutions developed for demos and first-gen
projects, rather than exploring new types of markets
 Japan and Southeast Asian countries as main markets
Opportunities for US Smart City Industry
 Combinations of (1) Technology + Finance [Asia], (2) City
+ Industry [Japan]
 Exposure of US industry at major events
 “Smart City Week” (October, Yokohama)
 NIKKEI Smart City Symposium (Four times a year, road shows)

12. Scenes from 2014 so far
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APEC EWG47 (Kunming, China)
Global Cities Summit
(Toronto, Canada)
NIKKEI Smart City Consortium
(Tokyo, Japan)

13. Scenes from 2013
APEC EWG46 (Da Nang,
13
Vietnam)
STS Forum (Kyoto, Japan)
Meeting of the Minds
(Toronto, Canada)
Mega Cites Africa
(Johannesburg,
South Africa)
Japan-Russia Far East Forum
(Vladivostok, Russia)
Japan-Russia Ministerial
Meeting on Urban and
Environmental Issues
(Moscow, Russia)