Office closure due to the “Golden Week” holidays in Japan
Please be noted that our office will be closed from the 26th of April to the 6th of May 2025for the "Golden Week" holidays in Japan.We are sorry for any inconvenience that may be caused to you.
The Dialogue on cooperation activities between the Japanese Digital Creative Industries and the Delegation of the Ministry of Digital Technologies/the Creative Association from Uzbekistan
Date 2025/10th-14th/March Release The delegation led by Mr. Sakurai, Advisor to the Minister of Digital Technology (MDT) of the Republic of Uzbekistan and Mr. Abduvali Khaydarov, President of Uzbekistan Creative Association (UzCA) visited Japan from March 10 to 13, 2025. The visit was conducted based on the “Memorandum of Intention (MoI) for Digital Cooperation” signed between CICC and MDT in January 2024, MDT,UzCA visited companies, industry associations, universities, educational institutions, and government agencies to exchange the view of current status of Digital Creative Industry both in Japan and Uzbekistan, as well as future cooperation in this area. Under support from CICC, the participants visited Pole to Win Corporation, Digital Knowledge […]
CICC TOKYO DAYORI vol.100
February 3 is the first day of spring, according to the old-styleJapanese calendar.In fact, it is cold today far from spring. But Okamezakura, early-blooming cherry trees or SAKURA are preparingtheir buds and begins to bloom from the end of February to the beginningof March near my office in Tokyo. There are many varieties of cherrytrees, and the most famous cherry tree in Japan is the Somei-yoshino.They usually begin booming in late March. According to the cherry blossom Somei-yoshino forecast for 2025announced by a weather information service company at the end ofJanuary, blooming will begin in Tokyo on March 21, followed by Fukuoka,Kochi, Hiroshima, and Yokohama on March 22. After that, […]
Report of Conference on Digital Strategies in Asian Countries
Date January 16, 2025 Venue AB Hall, 2nd Floor, JJK-Kaikan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Event Results Center of the International Cooperation for Computerization (CICC) invited keypersons in digital strategies from ASEAN and South Asian governments and other organizations to Japan. The seven participating countries were Brunei, Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam. At the conference, representatives from each country gave presentations on their country's digital strategies, followed by a Q&A session and exchange of opinions. We would like to thank all conference participants as well as the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), ASEAN-Japan Centre and the Institute of Digital Government, Waseda University for their support. In addition, this conference […]
19th Waseda-IAC World Digital Government Ranking 2024
The Institute of Digital Government at Waseda University in Japan, in cooperation with theInternational Academy of CIO (IAC) has released the 19th Waseda World Digital Government RankingsSurvey 2024, which marks digital transformation in advanced digital 66 countries/economies. This report represents the 19th consecutive year of monitoring and surveying worldwide digitalgovernment development with 10 Indicators. It provides various information and data on both DigitalInnovation and Digital Economy as well. In detail, click here （https://idg-waseda.jp/pdf/2024_Digital_Government_Ranking_Report.pdf）
Office closure due to winter vacation (28th Dec.2024～5th Jan.2025)
Please be advised that our office will be closed from 28th December 2024 to5th January 2025 for the New Year holidays.
CICC TOKYO DAYORI vol.99
How are you all doing? In Japan, the “scorching hot summer” has come to an end and we havesuddenly entered “winter”. Normally, the wonderful season of"autumn" comes between "summer" and "winter", but perhaps due to theinfluence of global warming, this year we skipped "autumn" andwent straight into "winter" unfortunately… BTW, changing the subject, in this essay I would like to share theaftermath of the “series of robberies” that I introduced withTokyo Dayori issued in February 2023.All the members who were directing the robberies and were hiding inManila at that time were arrested.With this, it seemed that the situation had calmed down for the timebeing, but recently, there have been many robberies […]
CICC TOKYO DAYORI vol.98
The LDP held its presidential election on September 27 and a newpresident was elected from among nine candidates. Of the unusually largefield of candidates, the youngest, who was considered a major contender,faltered. Various media have analyzed his failure to win the presidency,and one of the reasons has been pointed out to be his attempt to rapidlypromote the separate surname system for married couples.[1]I am neither for nor against this system. In my case, my fortune wouldbe better if I changed my family name, so I gladly changed it when I gotmarried. If people feel inconvenienced, they should not change theirlast name. What is so wrong with that? I asked my […]
CICC TOKYO DAYORI vol.97
"Improvement of Market Information Stimulates Attraction of Businessfrom Abroad" In order to promote new business, companies in developed countries, not limited to Japan,create a business plan and decide on the allocation of investment and human resourcesafter the settlement of a board meeting.As a necessary part of business plan preparation, "Return on Investment" (RoI) isalways an important criterion.ROI is an indicator that shows how much profit the invested money has generated.The higher the ROI number, the more cost-effective and valuable the investment.Measuring ROI is important because it quantifies how an investment has paidoff in terms of business profits and allows for an accurate determinationof its effectiveness. However, I have rarely seen […]
Office closure due to summer break
Please be advised that our office will be closed for summer breakfrom 10th August to 18th August, 2024.We will resume work on 19th August.