CODE  FOR  JAPAN  SHOWCASE:

HAL  SEKI  Representa)ve,  Code  for  Japan      TAKAYUKI  YOSHINAGA  Code  for  Japan  fellow,  Namie-­‐town,  Fukushima  

A  Fellowship  in  Namie,  Fukushima

Civic  tech  community  for  the  people  who  wants  to  make  their  ciJes  beLer  place  using  technologies.

Brigade  support  SupporJng  19  local  ‘Code  for’  CommuniJes  in  Japan.

Fellowship  Arrange  a  talented  team  to  local  governments  for  collaboraJve  working.

Researchers,  project  managers,  coders,  designers  etc.

Spreads  to  35  ciJes

Takayuki  Yoshinaga  

6 A  liLle  less  than  300km  north  of  Tokyo

Where  is  Namie?

Tokyo  Pref.

Fukushima  Pref.

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11th  March,  2011  Earthquake  and  Tsunami  occurred  

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Nuclear  Reactor  

Namie  Town  

They  are  sJll  forced  to  be  evacuated  at  least  3  years.    

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A  third  of  the  21,000  populaJon  had  to  move  outside  of  Fukushima.

Regional  bond  was  broken

Tokyo  Pref.  951  people  Saitama  Pref.  733  people  Miyagi  Pref.  604  people  Chiba  Pref.  576  people  …

Namie  Town  decided  to  distribute  tablet  devices  to  each  family.

Our  Challenge We  needed  to  understand  their  ‘true  needs’  for  solving  the  complex  issues.  

   

CiJzen-­‐Centric  applicaJon  development  

7 420 770 Ideathons People  parJcipated Ideas  were  presented

3 14 Hackathons Mock-­‐ups  were  made

Now:  Developing  6  Apps Real-­‐Jme  radiaJon  map   InviJng  event  tools  

Local  news  viewer   Guide  character  

Namie  photo  slides  

Namie  networking  service    

Planning  workshops  to  strengthen  seniors’  IT  literacy    

Code  for  Japan  Summit  Oct.  10-­‐12th  Involve  government  officials  and  economic  leaders    

StarJng  ‘Corporate  Fellowship’  project  Cooperate  with  exisJng  companies  

To  create  an  ecosystem  for  the  civic  startups