June 30, 2025 Results of the Public Solicitation for Participation in the Development and Demonstration Projects for Countermeasure Technologies against Dis-/Mis-information on the Internet (hereinafter referred to as the "Development and Demonstration Projects")
Regarding the Development and Demonstration Projects, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has decided to select projects based on evaluations by external experts. The selected projects include those from 14 technological development organizations and six research and investigation organizations.
1. Project overview
To address the risks associated with the distribution or spread of disinformation and misinformation on the Internet, including that generated by generative AI, the MIC is promoting the development, demonstration and social implementation of countermeasure technologies through the Development and Demonstration Projects.
Targeting businesses and research institutions, the public solicitation for participation in the Development and Demonstration Projects was conducted through PwC Consulting LLC, a contractor. The public solicitation period ran from Tuesday, April 22, 2025, to Monday, May 26, 2025.
2. Details of the decision
As a result of the public solicitation, we received proposals from 27 organizations (28 projects in total), including 21 technological development organizations (22 projects) and 6 research and investigation organizations (6 projects). Based on the evaluation results by the Evaluation Committee, which consists of external experts, we have decided to select 14 technological development organizations and six research and investigation organizations, as shown below:
[Technological development organizations]
| No. | Technological development organization | Business overview |
| 1 | General incorporated association Code for Japan | Development and demonstration of citizen-participation-based visualization and analysis technology for disinformation or suspicious information on social media |
| 2 | Evixar Inc. | Development and demonstration of a cloud system that incorporates measures against disinformation and misinformation using acoustic watermarking and fingerprinting |
| 3 | NTT Communications Corporation | Development and demonstration of countermeasure technologies against disinformation and misinformation using C2PA technology for visualizing information authenticity |
| 4 | Originator Profile Collaborative Innovation Partnership | Development and social implementation of Originator Profile technology to ensure sender authenticity |
| 5 | Classroom Adventure Inc. | Development and demonstration of practical game-based prebunking technologies using a disinformation and misinformation sandbox |
| 6 | Constella Security Japan | Development and demonstration of simulation technologies for spreading disinformation and misinformation and disseminating debunking information |
| 7 | TDAI Lab Inc. | Development and demonstration of a platform for multi-layered semantic analysis and elucidation of spread dynamics in the digital information space |
| 8 | DATAGRID Inc. | Development and demonstration of countermeasure technologies against disinformation and misinformation, focusing on supporting social media users |
| 9 | KTV Software Inc. | Development and demonstration of countermeasures technologies against disinformation and misinformation during disasters using broadcast waves |
| 10 | SEARCHLIGHT Inc. | Development and demonstration of tools to support authenticity verification of streaming video content |
| 11 | Sakana AI Co., Ltd. | Development and demonstration of a system for determining the authenticity of social media posts, primarily images and videos |
| 12 | SUNCORPORATION | Development and demonstration of multidimensional, integrated technologies for detecting disinformation and misinformation |
| 13 | NABLAS Inc. | Development and demonstration of fake telephone voice detection technologies and comprehensive countermeasure technologies against disinformation and misinformation for municipalities |
| 14 | NEC Corporation | Development and demonstration of technologies to support AI-based determination of the authenticity of information content |
[Research and investigation organizations]
| No. | Technological development organization | Business overview |
| 1 | Institute for New Operational Domains Studies | Research and investigation into the effectiveness of countermeasure technologies through global meta-analysis and domestic demonstration |
| 2 | Chuo University | Research and investigation into the influence of knowledge and cognitive deliberation on the ability to distinguish disinformation and misinformation |
| 3 | Graduate School of the University of Tokyo Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies |
Research and investigation into the circulation of misinformation and the elucidation of cognitive characteristics in the era of generative AI |
| 4 | Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo | Research and investigation into visualizing the sharing behavior process on social media and displaying it to evaluate credibility for controlling the spread of disinformation and misinformation |
| 5 | Nagoya Institute of Technology | The risk of correction in countermeasures against misinformation: Research and investigation into psychological mechanisms |
| 6 | Nihon Enterprise Co., Ltd. | Research and investigation into the effects of the rapid increase in information regarding interpretations of works that differ from creators’ intentions |
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