Civic Tech Field Guide
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59 projects
https://www.npomoyai.or.jpActive

Moyai (Certified NPO for Independent Living Support)

An NPO working to socially solve poverty issues in Japan.

Japan
Access social benefits, Hotlines, Mutual aid, Service delivery
https://ccc.code4japan.orgActiveOpen-source

Civictech Challenge Cup U-22 (CCC U-22)

Civic tech prototype development contest for students and youth under 22 (since 2020)

Japan (Nihon or Nippon) 🇯🇵
Build something, Civic hackathons, Civics education, Competitions
https://code4japan-community.notion.site/Home-9dd9cd85f07942c1bd5f6ef73efdb122Active

Code for Japan Notion community pages

Overview of joining and starting projects in the Code for Japan community

Japan
Community-building resources, Meet the others
https://dss.csis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Active

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構 (Digital Sapital Society (DSS))

デジタル空間社会連携研究機構ではIoTデバイスからのデータなどの多様でダイナミックなリアルタイム時空間ビッグデータを一元的に集約し、これらを統合した形で人々や企業の活動、交通

Tokyo
Academia, Civic data, Mapping, Research and policy centers
https://learningforall.or.jpActive

Learning for All (Educational Support NPO)

An organization aiming to solve child poverty.

Japan
Communicating with the people, Community-building resources, Support civic projects with tech
https://www.kosonippon.org/en/about/global-expansion.htmlActive

Residents Council in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

by KOSO NIPPON

Tokyo
Sortition & Citizen Assemblies, Specific instances of citizen assemblies
https://www.kosonippon.org/Active

KOSO NIPPON

Japanese think tank running residents councils across the country

Tokyo
Participatory democracy, Sortition & Citizen Assemblies, Think tanks
https://github.com/codeforjapan/BirdXplorerActive

BirdXplorer

BirdXplorer is a tool for combating disinformation that uses Community Notes data from X (formerly Twitter).

Tokyo
Fight disinformation, Media, Media and social media analysis
https://fij.info/Active

Fact Check Initiative Japan

FIJ is a non-profit organization for the promotion of Japanese fact-checking aimed at protecting society from mis/disinformation.

Japan
Factchecking, Fight disinformation, Media