October 17, 2024 Holding of Ceremony Hosted by Osaka Prefecture Held for Launch of New Service using MIC’s Smart City Promotion Project for Solving Community Issues

 Osaka Prefecture and Sakai City jointly held a ceremony at the Osaka Prefectural Government Office on October 1, 2024, with the attendance of Deputy Director-General SHIMONAKA Hirotaka of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) to mark the launch of a data linkage service ("my door OSAKA") using the City OS developed through the MIC’s Smart City Promotion Project for Solving Community Issues (FY2022 subsidized project).

 MIC supports part of the expenses associated with the development and improvement of the City OS by local government entities and services connecting to the City OS to solve various issues communities are facing (e.g., disaster prevention, crime prevention, healthcare, childcare, and tourism) and promote regional revitalization using digital technology and data utilization through its Smart City Promotion Projects for Solving Community Issues (subsidies for information and telecommunications technology utilization projects).
 Osaka Prefecture and Sakai City launched a data linkage service for prefectural residents on August 29, 2024, using ORDEN or the City OS developed at the MIC’s Smart City Promotion Project for Solving Community Issues (grant decision dated July 28, 2022).

1. Project overview

 Project name: my door OSAKA Summary: Using the City OS (a general term for IT systems that realize smart city services by linking various city data) developed by the MIC’s Smart City Promotion Project for Solving Community Issues, this project realizes complete one-stop administrative services by allowing online applications for administrative procedures and digital notifications on a comprehensive portal site that provides users their attributes and interesting information as well as guidance for necessary procedures. Developed by Osaka Prefecture and used jointly by basic municipalities, it aims to realize a one-portal system for prefectural residents and improve their quality of life.
Reference: Osaka Prefecture "my door OSAKA" website
(https://portal.orden.pref.osaka.lg.jp/ Opens in a new window) (External link)

2. Ceremony overview

Title: "Joint Presentation by Governor YOSHIMURA and Mayor NAGAFUJI of Sakai City! Charm of ’my door Osaka’ as the First of Its Kind in the Country"
Date and time: Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Special Meeting Room, 3rd floor, Osaka Prefectural Government Building (Chuo-ku, Osaka)

3. Ceremony attendees

Osaka Prefecture	Governor	YOSHIMURA Hirofumi
Sakai City	Mayor	NAGAFUJI Hideki
MIC	Deputy Director-General	SHIMONAKA Hirotaka
MIC	Director-General of Kinki Bureau of Telecommunications	FUJITA Seitaro