CiP activity plan

Pop & Tech Special Zone CiP will focus their attention on 1) infrastructure and 2) hub maintenance.

While maintaining and expanding projects that we have been working on so far such as artist commons and digital signage as a base, we will advance 1) maintenance of the infrastructure forming the Pop & Tech Special Zone, and 2) development of hub/platform functionality to connect Pop & Tech bases domestically and abroad. I think that an attractive magnetic field will be created at the opening of business in 2020.

1)    Infrastructure

1. Fund establishment

As support for entrepreneurship, we will concretize the establishment of a fund as a CiP.

2. Special Zone action

As an action to utilize the National Strategy Special Zones, we will first realize the Special Zone concept on the signage of the Takeshiba area.

3. Super School design

We will create the design of a “super school” model of next-generation education and research to go beyond the boundaries of universities and research institutions, aiming to be the core organization.

4. CiP broadcasting station

We will design a “CiP broadcasting station” responsible for information dissemination.

2) Hub Platform

1. Tokyo Pop & Tech District Hub

We will promote cooperation among the Tokyo bases and contribute to making a Tokyo citywide Pop & Tech.

-       Multiple development projects in the Takeshiba/Hamamatsucho/Toranomon area.

-       Haneda Airport site 1st Zone Improvement Project

-       Shibuya Creative Town and others in the Shibuya area.

2. Pop & Tech Archipelago Hub

We will promote cooperation with domestic cities/bases/activities, and promote the archipelago concept of cooperating special zones.

-       Kyoto: Kyoto Cross Media Park, Kyoto International Film Festival, etc.

-       Osaka: Osaka Castle Park Cool Japan park

-       Okinawa: Okinawa International Film Festival, etc.

3. Strengthening of Overseas Collaboration

We will strengthen our collaborations overseas.

-       Establishment of an HQ connecting otaku researchers of the five continents: “The World Otaku Research Institute”

-       Realization of Stanford University’s invitation

-       Strengthening cooperation with Korea and Malaysia

-       Pioneering new collaborative bases such as Taiwan, Spain, and France

4. Intersection of New Technology

We will expand the Tech system collaborative partners and encourage community exchanges.

-       4K8K (An organization for the advancement of video distribution technology)

-       5 G (domestic and overseas communication carrier research organization)

-       VR (LAVAL VIRTUAL, etc)

-       AI (RIKEN, NICT, AIST, etc.)

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Pop & Tech City “CiP” Results Report

There are many projects on the move in Pop & Tech Special Zone CiP’s. The foundations have been completed. There was progress seen in cooperative measures with government, overseas, etc.

1)    Government budget project

Three projects achieved through the acquisition of government budgets have been realized. The country has also come to recognize the significance of CIP, which began as a purely private initiative. We now have a mechanism for collaboration between industry, government, and academia on a project basis.

1. Artist Commons

A copyright information collection project realized with a budget from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) (music division).

2. Digital Signage

With a budget from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, “a regional demonstration of IoT hospitality in a real environment.”

3. World Otaku Institute

A survey on global content consumers through a budget from METI.

2) Overseas Collaboration

Collaborations with overseas governments and research institutes have made progress.

1. South Korean government

We signed an MOU with the South Korean government’s contents promotion institute with entrepreneurial support, etc., as its content.

2. Research institutes, such as that in Malaysia

We are moving forward on an MOU with the “Imagineering Research Institute” along with Novisad University in Zrenjanin, Serbia, which is playing a central role in the “Iskandar” development plan created by the Malaysian government.

3. Stanford University

CiP held a party in Takeshiba for a delegation including Director Shin of the Stanford University Asia Pacific Research Center.

3) Event construction

Construction of new types of events has progressed.

1. LIVE MUSIC HACKATHON

Billboard Japan and CiP Council cooperated to implement an ideathon and hackathon with the theme of “expanding the live experience.” During the final announcement, we announced the technology that the 10 participating teams created. 

2. Superman Sports Games

As a project of the government’s Tokyo Olympic Headquarters, we conducted the “Superman Sports Games” at Tokyo Tower.

3. KMD Forum

At a forum held at Keio University, an IT policy research group, business contest, and kids workshop was held.

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