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Background and purpose of the Consortium

Partly due to precious lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 and in an intensive effort to recover from the disaster and reconstruct the devastated regions, there has been a growing trend recently in Japan toward the promotion of open data. In an interim report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) concerning "ICT Policy for Realizing the Networked Knowledge and Information Society" (July 25, 2011), the MIC Information and Communications Council proposed improving the open data environment to distribute information more widely and make it open to all people, industries, and fields. Meanwhile, the IT Strategic Headquarters announced the " Open Government Data Strategy" on July 4 2012.

Overseas, the EU made public the "Open Data Strategy for Europe" around the end of 2011. Under this program, it is planned to open a data portal for the EU, set up fair conditions within the Union, and provide support for developing data-processing technology. Currently, Britain, France, and other countries are launching an initiative to make public data more open and to use them more effectively. In the United States, the Obama administration pledged to aggressively promote open data in its May 2012 memorandum "Building a 21st Century Digital Government."

Data retained at public offices are valuable assets and resources. Nevertheless, they have not been used effectively. As in other countries, Japan should exploit these assets and resources more effectively not only to improve public services but also to enhance transparency, make corporate activities more efficient, and help create innovative services and businesses. A survey report submitted to the European Committee suggests that increasing open data in Japan will create a new market worth 1,200 billion yen and an economic ripple effect of 5,500 billion yen, based on GDP figures.

To promote open data, central and local governments must positively open their data to the public. They should formulate specific initiatives for this purpose. However, even if public offices disclose their data actively, the effects of such disclosure will be limited unless the public and businesses use them effectively to create new value and services. In addition, we need a system that seamlessly connects data held by public offices with those held by the private sector. Such a system should standardize a data format to facilitate the combination of public and private data, while promoting the distribution and use of data held by the private sector that have strong public characteristics.

Under these circumstances, Open Data Promotion Consortium was set up with the aim of helping industry, government, and academia jointly improve the infrastructure for building an open data distribution environment.

Main activities

For the time being, the Consortium engages in the following activities:

1.Researching issues involved in open data promotion
  • ・Discussing technical standards necessary for open data promotion
  • ・Discussing licenses necessary for open data promotion
2. Promotional and educational activities for open data
  • ・Distributing and sharing information on open data promotion
  • ・Discussing new services created from open data promotion

Organization

Chairman
Hiroshi Komiyama (Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.)
Advisor
Ken Sakamura (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
Hideyuki Tokuda (Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
Jun Murai (Dean of the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University)
Uchiyamada Takeshi (Vice Chairmen, Directors, Japan Business Federation)
Director
Yuriko Inoue (Professor, Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of International Corporate Strategy)
Noboru Koshizuka (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, The University of Tokyo)
Ichiya Nakamura (Professor, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University)
Observer
Cabinet Secretariat
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
National Diet Library
Japan Business Federation
ASP-SaaS-Cloud CONSORTIUM
Bureau
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.

List of Members

as of 25 October 2013, Alphabetical Order

[Corporate / Organization Members]139 members
aalt inc.
ACCESS CO., LTD.
ACE.Corp.co.ltd
Adecco Ltd.
Advanced Scientific Technology & Management Research Institute of KYOTO
Alef Business Systems
Alpha Computer Co.,ltd.
ANTAS Inc.
aoiya,Ltd.
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD.
Archetype Corporation
ARK BLAST.CO,LTD
Association for Promotion of Infrastructure Geospatial Information Distribution
automation co., ltd.
Axis international
Canon IT Solutions Inc.
Car Infomation Data Management
Center for Global Communications, International University of Japan
ClearWaterProject
Communications and Information network Association of Japan
COPILOT Inc.
CTI Engineering Co., Ltd.
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
DENTSU INC.
dialogue Public Relations inc.
dot-jp the specified nonprofit corporation
DynaTrek, Inc.
East Japan Railway Company
ecru,llc.
Ekitan & Co., Ltd.
Eltes Co.,Ltd.
e-Seikatsu Co., Ltd.
FOURDIGIT Inc.
FUJITSU LIMITED
FUTUREINN CO.,LTD.
Georepublic Japan Ltd.
Google Japan Inc.
GOSEI Co.,Ltd.
GyroBee Co.,Ltd.
Health-bank Co Ltd.
Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd.
IBM Japan
ICT Laboratories Inc.
Impress R&D
Indigo Corporation
INFOCOM CORPORATION
Informatix Inc.
Institute of Systems, Information Technologies and Nanotechnologies
INTEC Inc.
Interactive Communication Design Co.,Ltd.
International Universal Menu Association
ITS Japan
IUK INC.
i-Ways Corporation
Japan Cloud Consortium
Japan Geotechnical Consultants Association
Japan Institute for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community
Japan Science and Technology Agency
Japan Systems Co.,Ltd.
Japan Weather Association
JB Advanced Technology Corporation
Jiji Press, Ltd.
JMA Holdings Inc.
Jorudan Co.,Ltd.
Kansai Institute of Information Systems and Industrial Renovation
KDDI CORPORATION
KOKUSAI KOGYO CO., LTD.
Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd.
Lifeware Service Co.,Ltd
LOCKON CO.,LTD.
MEIDEN SYSTEM SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Microsoft Japan
Minoh Laboratory, Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies, Kyoto University
Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.
Mitsui Consultants.
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
Nakasha Creative Co., Ltd.
NAVITIME JAPAN Co., Ltd.
nebulab Co.,Ltd.
NEC Corporation
Nihon Unisys, Ltd.
Nikkei Digital Media, Inc.
Nikkei Inc.
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
Nomura Research Institute, Ltd
NPO Location Information Service Research Agency
NTT Advanced Technology Corporation
NTT Communications Corporation
NTT DATA Corporation
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
NTT Resonant Inc.
OAK CO.,LTD.
Open Data Innovation Council
OREL Co., Ltd.
Otani&Co. Inc.
Panasonic Corporation
PASCO Corporation
PIONEER CORPORATION
PIPED BITS Co.,Ltd
PIXELS Inc.
SIOS Technology, Inc.
smartvalue Inc.
SoftBank Telecom Corp.
Softopia Japan
Sorimachi Giken Co., Ltd.
SystemK Corporation
Tableau Japan
Techneco Inc.
The Research Association of Kitakyushu Smart Community Project
TOSHIBA CORPORATION
Toshiba Solutions Corporation
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Turbo Data Laboratories Inc.
Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory
UCHIDA YOKO CO., LTD.
Uhuru Corporation
WASSAAP, Ltd.
Weather Service Co. Ltd.
Workbrain Japan KK
XICA.inc
Yachiyo Engineering Co., Ltd.
Yokohama Community Design Lab.
Myzone Japan株式会社
スマートドライブメーター製作委員会
スマートライト株式会社
一般社団法人復興教育支援ネットワーク
横浜オープンデータソリューション発展委員会
株式会社アパハウ
株式会社カーリル
株式会社なずな
京都フラワーツーリズム合同会社
前田建設工業株式会社CDS事業部
特定非営利活動法人 ITコーディネータ広島
特定非営利活動法人デジタルサーカス
特定非営利活動法人地域情報化モデル研究会
日本加除出版株式会社
北日本コンピューターサービス株式会社
[Local Government Members]12 members
Kawasaki City
Kitakyushu City
Sabae City
City Council, Tsurugashima City
City Council, Nagareyama City
Nagareyama City
Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka City
Matsue City
Yokosuka City
Yokohama City
[Expert Members]5 members
Ichiro Izawa
Nobuo Kawaguchi
Hajime Sasaki
Masatsugu Tanigawa
(1 other member)