April 23, 2024 Selection Results of Supported Regions and Accompanying Support Providers for the “Regional Digital Infrastructure Utilization Promotion Project (Supporting the Establishment of a Promotion System)” Funded by the FY 2023 Supplementary Budget

 To solve regional issues using digital technology through the "Regional Digital Infrastructure Utilization Promotion Project (Supporting the Establishment of a Promotional System)," the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has selected regions that need support in building a regional DX promotional system along with their accompanying support providers.

1. Overview

 The Japanese government has set up digital implementation goals for local governments in the "Comprehensive Strategy for the Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation (2023 Revision)." More specifically, the Japanese government aims for 1,500 local governments to undertake digital implementation by FY 2027 and all local governments by FY 2030.
 To help achieve this governmental goal, MIC will select local governments wishing to solve regional issues using digital technology as well as accompanying service providers that will support them in utilizing digital technology. The accompanying service providers will support local governments in establishing and expanding their promotional system.
 Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., the administrator of the Regional Digital Infrastructure Utilization Promotion Project, which is funded by the FY 2023 supplementary budget, has selected regions to be supported along with their accompanying support providers. We are pleased to announce the results.
 The accompanying support providers will sequentially offer support to the regions in the future.

2. Selection results of regions to be supported and accompanying support providers

Region to be supported	Municipalities	Consortium
Aomori	Aomori City	〇 DENTSU SOKEN INC. and Aomori Creation Partners Co., Ltd.
Yamagata	Kanayama Town, Mamurokawa Town, Tozawa Village, Kawanishi Town, and Yuza Town	〇 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation and NTT-ME CORPORATION
Fukui	Minami-echizen Town	〇 Fukuino Digital Corporation, Community Future Design, DENTSU SOKEN INC., and XROSS SPORTS MARKETING INC.
Nagano	Iida City Kiso area (Agematsu　Town, Nagiso Town, Kiso Village, Otaki Village, Okuwa Village, Kiso Town, and Kiso Wide-area Union)	〇 NTT DX Partner Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, and Mirai Works Inc.
Hyogo	Amagasaki City, Nishinomiya City, Toyooka City, Kasai City, Taka Town, and Kamigori Town	〇 DENTSU SOKEN INC., Acall Inc., Geoglyph.Inc , and Code for Japan, Inc.
Wakayama	Arita City	〇 CrossPoint Consulting Co., Ltd.
Shimane	Ama Town	〇 Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation, Techno Project Co., Co-Designing Institute for Polyphonic Society, and Hiroshima Web3 Association

Note:○: Representative organization