Decision of Candidate Trustees related to FY2012 “Project to Promote ICT Town Development”

1.Outline of project

  An experimental project for verifying new town development utilizing ICT will be carried out on a commission basis to realize an “ICT Smart Town” advance model shown in a report from the “Commission on ICT Town Development and Global Expansion” (officially announced in July 2012).
 

2.Content of decision

  (1) Candidate trustees
  A public appeal for proposals was held from September 6 (Thu) to October 9 (Tue), 2012. In response, 55 proposals were submitted. The following five projects were selected as candidate trustees based on the evaluation results at the ICT Smart Town Project Conference.

	Principal proposers	Name of project	Area of implementation
1	e-solutions, inc., Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd., Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd. and Kashiwa City	Construction of common integrated platform for energy, health and disaster prevention in Kashiwanoha Smart City	Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture
2	Nagoya University, Gifu University, Toyota City and Meitetsucom Co. Ltd.	ICT smart town with the participation of citizens to provide convenience in peace time and safety in times of sudden illness and disasters	Toyota City, Aichi City
3	Mitaka Town Management Organization and Mitaka City	Mitaka City community creation project	Mitaka City, Tokyo
4	NIHON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Co., Ltd, Shinshu University and Shiojiri City	Project to provide current information by censor networks	Shiojiri City, Nagano Prefecture
5	Daiwa Computer Co., Ltd., Fukuroi City, Keio University and Kanagawa Institute of Technology	Project to construct commerce infrastructure for sextic industry equipped with the function of providing relief supplies in times of disaster	Fukuroi City, Shizuoka Prefecture

 
  (2) Although the following two projects were not selected as candidate trustees, the list of proposers is officially announced due to excellent content of proposals.

	Principal proposers	Name of project	Area of implementation
1	Matsuyama ICT Town Development Demonstration Consortium (draft), SPC. Co., Ltd., YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory and Dogo Onsen Inn Association	ICT Smart Town Project for Matsuyama Tourism Town Development	Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture
2	NTT DATA Corporation, Kanucha Bay Resort Co., Ltd., Okinawa Prefecture and Nago City	Investigative study related to solution of issues aiming at global expansion of Okinawa-type ICT smart town model to the ASEAN region	Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture