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AiCT Consortium

An organization led by companies in Aizu-Wakamatsu City to promote smart cities.

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Aizuwakamatsu City, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

The AiCT Consortium is the operating body for the smart-city initiative that Aizuwakamatsu began in 2011 as part of post-disaster reconstruction, now aimed at advancing toward "Super City" designation. It organizes member companies into working groups across domains such as healthcare, disaster prevention, energy, education, agriculture, tourism, government, payments, and mobility, and runs shared services including the "Aizuwakamatsu Plus" city OS/data platform, an open API catalog, a regional digital currency (Aizu Zaifu/Aizu Coin), and human-resource development programs.

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Organization
Language(s)
English, Japanese
Added
2026-06-27
Last modified
2026-07-27T12:26:32.000Z

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Formats
workshops
Number of integrations
0
Issues addressed
urban planning, development, health, sustainability, agriculture, mobility, recycling
Geographic focus
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Geographic focus — country
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

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