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Urban Innovation JAPAN

Urban Innovation JAPAN is an open-innovation platform that matches startups with local-government staff to co-develop and pilot solutions to real municipal problems through fixed-term proof-of-concept collaborations across Japan.

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Sendai-shi, Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

Urban Innovation JAPAN is an open-innovation platform that matches startups with local-government staff to co-develop and pilot solutions to real municipal problems through fixed-term proof-of-concept collaborations across Japan. Run by the company Communitylink, it has cities post concrete challenges (from drone-based evacuation alerts to digitizing school-lunch orders), selects companies to build and test alongside civil servants.

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Formats
web app
Number of integrations
0
Activity status
Active
Sustainable Development Goals
11. Sustainable cities and communities
Issues addressed
urban planning, development
Geographic focus
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Geographic focus — country
Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵

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