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Unifa Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), which solves social issues related to childcare and parenting through technology centered on its Childcare AI™, announces that the number of facilities using the new "Sukusuku Report™" feature for its comprehensive childcare ICT service "Lukumi" has surpassed 500 facilities* as of the end of June 2025.
Since the launch of the early-access program on March 10th of the same year, usage of "Sukusuku Report™" has been expanding. Going forward, Lucmi's Childcare AI™ will continue to contribute to solving challenges in childcare settings and improving the "quality" of childcare.
*Surveyed by the company (as of June 30, 2025)
Outline
In today's childcare field, workloads are increasing due to a shortage of human resources, and the physical and psychological burden on childcare workers is becoming an issue.
Under these circumstances, the Digital Agency has set a target of 1001 TP6T for the adoption rate of ICT terminals in childcare facilities by the end of FY2025*, and the shift to DX at childcare facilities is accelerating. In addition to the digitization of a wide range of paperwork, including daily records, safety management, and collaboration with parents, there will be an even greater need to provide high-quality childcare services tailored to each child's developmental stage and individuality.
The use of childcare ICT and childcare AI™ to streamline operations is essential for reducing the workload of childcare providers and allowing the time saved through efficiency gains to be dedicated to ensuring and improving the "quality" of childcare.
Following the launch of the early access program for the new "Sukusuku Report™" feature of Lucmy Childcare AI™, the number of participating childcare facilities surpassed 500 in just over three and a half months.
Lucmy utilizes Childcare AI™ to reduce the workload of childcare providers and create time to focus on children, thereby fostering an environment where the essence of childcare can be prioritized. This aims to realize a sustainable, high-quality childcare delivery system.
* "Priority Plans for the Realization of a Digital Society" (Digital Agency: June 21, 2024)
2. About "Sukusuku Report™"
https://lookmee.jp/hoikuai/sukusuku-report.html
Unifa's "Sukusuku Report™" service uses generative AI to analyze vast amounts of past records—including daily photos, communication notebooks, and journals—to automatically generate reports summarizing each child's growth and the overall class situation.
This function reduces the workload of the caregiver in searching back through records, allowing them to spend more time concentrating on the essence of childcare. It also makes it easier to find children's absorbed play, the process of growth in childcare, and the individuality of each child, which can be used for dialogue among caregivers, review of their own childcare, and setting the next childcare goal. The reports can also be used in childcare plans and records.
Specifically, the following functions are provided
- Summarization from daily photos: Face recognition function extracts specific children, and text summarization is performed by image recognition and generative AI. The AI visualizes what the child was doing, who the child is often seen with, etc.
- Keyword extraction from photos: Automatically generates keywords that provide valuable hints for deep discussion of children's growth.
- Summaries including contact sheets and logbooks, and individual to class summaries: In addition to photos, text data from contact sheets and logbooks are combined and summarized to create individual and class-wide reports.
You can also watch the following video about "Sukusuku Report™".
Lukumi Childcare A™ will continue to streamline the complex administrative tasks of childcare providers, enabling them to deepen their essential interactions with children and contribute to improving the "quality" of childcare.
3. about Lukumi "Childcare AI™".
Unifa's Lucmi 'Childcare AI™' features include 'Reliable Buddy', which assists with creating documents like communication notebooks and newsletters, and 'Variation Check', which helps ensure photos shared with parents capture children without bias.
These will allow caregivers to reduce the burden of paperwork and increase the time and mental capacity to face the children. In addition, for parents, more careful information sharing will lead to a greater sense of security and trust.
In October 2024, based on the "Guidelines for Publicly Inviting Demonstration Organizations for the Use of Generative AI in the Field of Children and Childrearing" issued by the Administration for Children and Families, we began demonstration experiments using our generative AI technology at childcare facilities in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture; Yokosuka City, Kanagawa Prefecture; and Komae City, Tokyo.
There is no need to worry about "mechanical" or "cold" childcare when using Lukumi's "Childcare AI™" service. Childcare is only possible with the thoughts and feelings of the caregivers who are always there to watch over the children. The "Childcare AI™" service assists the childcare provider in the smallest of details, helping to create time with the children.
Lukumi has developed a childcare method that combines the "Childcare AI™" service and the wishes of childcare providers, and has worked with childcare providers at facilities in 47 prefectures across the country. With the "Childcare AI™" service, Lukumi aims to realize childcare that firmly embodies human warmth, and aims to provide childcare that is overflowing with love and that is closer to children.
For more information on the "Childcare AI™" service, please click below.
https://lookmee.jp/hoikuai
4. about Lukumi and Unifa
What is Childcare Comprehensive ICT Lukumi (https://lookmee.jp/)
The duties of childcare workers are extremely diverse, ranging from managing children's arrival and departure from preschool, watching over them during naptime (nap time), preparing daycare diaries and plans, preparing documents to be submitted to parents and the local government, and managing shifts of childcare workers.
The "Lukumi" series automatically collects data on attendance, temperature, sleep, meals, and bowel movements, as well as photos taken with Lukumi Photo, and automatically posts them to forms and contact sheets. In addition, with Lukumi Noon Sleep Check, sensors detect body movements and the application automatically records the orientation of the body. Lukumi Noon Sleep Check has the largest market share in the industry*1. With the "Lukumi" series, we aim to achieve DX (Digital Transformation) of childcare-related operations and a significant reduction in workload, thereby creating more time and energy for childcare workers. The time created will also allow caregivers to spend more time with their children, which is important for them, and the provision of a photo documentation function will create an environment in which caregivers can easily share their observations of children's growth with other caregivers, thereby increasing rich communication. Through these efforts, the system will contribute to the creation of a rewarding work environment for caregivers and improvement of the quality of childcare services. To date, the "Lukumi" series has been installed in a cumulative total of over 20,000 cases, and has been introduced in approximately 70 municipalities*2.
1: From "MIC IT Report Monthly," MIC Economic Research Institute, Deloitte Tohmatsu, October 2023, "Comparative Analysis of Introduction Results of Leading Vendors in the Noon Sleep Check Sensor Market"; ranked first in terms of cumulative number of sensors shipped, cumulative number of children using sensors, and cumulative number of facilities introducing sensors in FY2022.https://mic-r.co.jp/micit/
*2: As of September 2024. In-house research.
Unifa Corporation (https://unifa-e.com/)
Unifa is a startup in the “Childcare-Tech” field aiming to solve social issues related to childcare and parenting. With the purpose of "Creating new social infrastructure that fosters family happiness worldwide," we develop and provide "Lukumi®," a comprehensive childcare ICT service utilizing cutting-edge technology centered around Childcare AI™. Through our "Smart Nursery® · Smart Kindergarten® · Smart Children's Center®" concept, we contribute to building a prosperous society where it's easier to work while raising children. Since being selected as the inaugural champion of the Startup World Cup in 2017, Unifa has won multiple prestigious awards. It was selected for J-Startup in 2021 and J-Startup Impact in October 2023. Additionally, Unifa serves as the Representative Director of the Impact Startup Association, established in October 2022, and as a Director of the Childcare DX Promotion Association.
*Smart Nursery School®, Smart Kindergarten®, and Smart Children's School® are registered trademarks of Unifa.
About Us
Company name: Unifa Corporation
Representative Director & CEO: Yasuyuki Toki
Established: 2013
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Nagatacho Building 1F, 2-17-3 Nagatacho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Company URL: https://unifa-e.com/
