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Naruto Acceleration Program NARUTO CONNECT Vol.1 EdTech / Baby Tech Implementation Report

2024.08.29

Since FY2024, Naruto City has been implementing initiatives aimed at becoming the best "town where startups gather and are born" in Shikoku. As the first such event, a matching event was held on the theme of child-rearing and education. - Under...

Aichi Prefecture x eicon】Total prize money of 10 million yen! Business Plan Contest Sponsored by Aichi Prefecture Calling for "Social Innovation" ideas from all over Japan that lead to solutions for various social issues such as childcare and education!

2024.08.20

AICHI NEXT UNICORN LEAGUE (Season 2) Program Information Session will be held on August 30. Season 1 "Industrial Innovation" Final Judging Session to be held on September 26 is also now accepting applications for participation. - The following is from the press release...

Joint research by Minato Ward, Tokyo, Kizuna Mail Project, and Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting to analyze the effectiveness of the Minato Ward Childbirth and Child-Raising Support Mail Distribution Project.

2024.07.17

Text Messaging to Parents Increases Reach of Administrative Information and Reduces Anxiety - The following is from a press release - "Collaborative Research on the Effectiveness of the Minato City Childbirth and Child-Raising Support Mail Distribution Project...

Naruto City Adopts Panasonic Advanced Technology's "Nenne Navi

2024.06.17

Children's Sleep Improvement App "NenNavi" Will Be Available in Naruto City from July - The following is from a press release - Panasonic Advanced Technology Corporation's children's sleep improvement service "Nen...

Teachers and Speech-Language Pathologists Work Together to Create ICT-Based Classrooms for Language Learning in the Chuetsu Region of Niigata Prefecture

2024.06.06

An initiative has been launched to collaborate with speech-language support network speech-language pathologists by having them attend online classes in so-called "language classrooms" at schools. - The following is from the press release - Niigata Prefecture Naga...

MamaWell, which supports pregnant women and businesses with [personal midwife x digital technology], is a finalist in the "Women's Business Grand Prix".

2024.02.09

(Head Office: Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture / Representative: Marika Seki), Japan's first company to provide health support services to pregnant women by combining personal midwifery and digital technology, will participate in the Visicon sponsored by Shinagawa Ward. - The following is a p...

Fokker Systems and the City of Yokohama begin a demonstration experiment of an "ICT-based Child Watching Service".

2024.02.09

～Focus Systems Corporation (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; Keiichi Mori, President & CEO; hereinafter "the Company") has concluded an agreement with Yokohama City...

Kakogawa City leads a demonstration of a cooperative wide-area watch-over service by three municipalities, Miki City and Sanda City.

2024.02.07

～Kakogawa City, Miki City, and Sanda City will collaborate on a demonstration experiment - The following is from a press release - Kakogawa City (Mayor Yasuhiro Okada), Hyogo Prefecture, has announced the launch of "Smar...

Mirabo's child-rearing support application "Kosodate Mobile" selected for inclusion in the "Catalog of Services/Systems Supporting Good Practices in Digital Implementation (Second Edition)" issued by the Digital Agency and certified as a standard recommended system.

2024.01.30

Mirabo, Inc., a developer of services for local governments (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), has been awarded the "Standard Recommended System Certification" and "Start-up Points" to promote childcare and maternal and child health DX.

Aisin and Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture, Launch Demonstration Experiment of "Kariya After-School Childcare MaaS Project" Linking Transportation and Education

2024.01.23

～Aisin Seiki, a subsidiary of Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. and Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture, has announced that the company has partnered with Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture, to develop a new service for picking up and dropping off children at school...

Good Baton launches "Azukaruko-chan," a reservation system for childcare of sick children and children after illness in Matsumoto City. Pre-registration is now being accepted; online reservations will be available from January 3 (Wed.).

2023.12.27

All six facilities can now check availability and make reservations from a smartphone - The following is from a press release - Good Baton Inc. (Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Masaki Sonoda), a Nagano, Japan-based company that provides childcare services for sick children and children after...

PKSHA Group and Uchida Yoko participate in an AI-based project to predict truancy of children in Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, as part of the Child and Family Agency's demonstration project.

2023.12.19

AI-based Prediction Detects Predictive Signs of Truancy and Supports Teachers' Awareness and Encouragement of Children - The following is from the press release - PKSHA Technology, Inc.

Municipal DX Progress Survey by Sector, 38.7% in the field of child-rearing 8.3% of municipalities in the field of public health said they are making progress. Child-rearing support apps, child monitoring systems, etc.

2023.12.01

- The following is from a press release issued by the Council of Local Authorities for DX Promotion (hereinafter referred to as "the Council"), a general incorporated association, based on the report of the "First Municipal DX Awareness and Reality...