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Mobility

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We will promote the digitalisation of semi-public sector (mobility), which is closely related to people's lives and has a large ripple effect on other private sectors due to the large involvement of the national government. We will also work on the development of data-linkage and data-utilization systems, which will enable the provision of optimal services that meet the needs of individuals and enrich people's lives.

What's New

  • On April 11, 2025 [Material], "Fiscal 2024' Survey and Research on Grasping the Demand for Mobility for Social Implementation of Mobility Services Utilizing New Digital Technologies such as Autonomous Driving'" was published.
  • On April 9, 2025, "Fiscal 2024' Empirical Research on Infrastructure Construction for Distributed Cooperative Operation of Multiple Mobility'" was published in Material.

Overview

In the field of mobility in Japan, securing the freedom of movement for each and every citizen, reducing traffic accidents, resolving the shortage of human resources caused by the declining birthrate and aging population, reducing environmental loads through the streamlining of distribution and people's flow, improving convenience for consumers, and strengthening the international competitiveness of relevant industries have become urgent issues.

As new means to solve these problems, in addition to autonomous driving, new mobility services utilizing digital technology are spreading, such as the development of MaaS (Mobility as a Service) and on-demand transportation, and the emergence of new transportation methods such as drones and automated delivery robots.

Based on these, Digital Agency will draw up a future vision for high-value-added and efficient use of space for all modes of movement from people to things, from walking to flying, in collaboration with the public and private sectors. It will also promote the design and implementation of a Architecture for the entire digital transportation society that will realize the future vision, while developing rules for data sharing, collaboration, and utilization.

Related Information

Recent Initiatives

"The Future of a Digitally Enabled Transportation Society 2022"

Published: August 2, 2022
At the 4th Meeting for the Promotion of a Digital Society Executive Meeting held on August 1, 2022, the "Future of Transportation Society Utilizing Digital 2022" was decided.
The "Future of a Transportation Society Utilizing Digital Technology 2022" is an evolutionary continuation of the "Public-Private ITS Concept and Roadmap," a government-wide strategy related to ITS and autonomous driving, and is presented from the perspective of how to envision the future of a transportation society utilizing digital technology.
The public and private sectors will work together to develop the necessary technologies, develop transport infrastructure, and develop systems in order to "promote the advancement of mobility" as set out in the "Priority Plan Towards a Digital Society" (Cabinet decision on June 7, 2022).

We received a progress report from IPA (Information-Technology Promotion Agency, Japan) on the study of a mechanism for coordination of information processing systems related to mobility (Architecture)

Published: September 27, 2022
In Digital Agency, we asked the IPA to consider the future vision of the use of autonomous mobile robots, which will lead to the resolution of social issues and the development of industry, and the mechanism (Architecture) for the cooperation of multiple related information processing systems with different persons who operate and manage the operation of autonomous mobile robots.
At the Digital Architecture Design Center (DADC), which consists of a group of experts serving as a bridge between the public and private sectors, the IPA held the "Autonomous Mobile Robot Future Vision Study Group" and the "3 d Spatial Information Platform Architecture Study Group" with the support of the relevant ministries and agencies to study the Architecture design. Based on the study status so far, the IPA compiled the "Autonomous Mobile Robot Architecture Design Report" and the "3 d Spatial Information Platform Architecture Design Report" and submitted a progress report to the Digital Agency.
Based on this progress report, the relevant ministries and agencies are planning to conduct demonstration projects, and DADC is planning to refine the Architecture based on the results of the demonstration projects.

Reference

Meetings, etc.

Material

Fiscal 2024 "Survey and Research on Understanding of Mobility Demand for Social Implementation of Mobility Services Utilizing New Digital Technologies such as Autonomous Driving"

Published: April 11, 2025
For the social implementation of mobility services utilizing new digital technologies such as autonomous driving, we examined methods, approaches, and utilization methods for analyzing apparent demand and potential demand in order to understand regional mobility demand. We also conducted research and analysis on issues in social implementation affected by mobility demand.

Reports, etc.

Fiscal 2024 "Demonstrative Research Study on Infrastructure Construction for Distributed Cooperative Operation of Multiple Mobility"

Published: April 9, 2025
We investigated the Architecture of the entire system and the specifications of the common data infrastructure, which are necessary for safe and smooth operation through distributed coordination of multiple mobility systems, through use case demonstrations assuming actual services by service robots.

Reports, etc.

Data

Fiscal 2024 "Survey and Research on Data Linkage for Social Implementation of New Mobility Services"

Published: December 18, 2024
With regard to applications necessary for capturing and utilizing regional mobility demand as data, we conducted a study on the creation of such applications, as well as a survey to clarify the ideal way of data linkage in the region and the direction for implementation.

Reports, etc.

Fiscal 2023 "Demonstrative Research Study on Coordinated Operation of Multiple Mobility"

Published: May 8, 2024
In this demonstration, we conducted research and studies on information that should be shared among different mobility providers and on necessary specifications and rules, etc., in order to consider new mobility policies for mobility demand, taking mobility as a whole related to the movement of autonomous vehicles, robots, drones, etc.

Reports, etc.

Data

The data obtained in this research is attached.

Fiscal 2023 "Empirical Research on DX for Infrastructure Management for the Construction of Digital Twins"

Published: April 24, 2024
Based on the results of the Fiscal 2022 "Survey and Research on Digital Twin Construction", we conducted an empirical research study to expand the four dimensional space-time information infrastructure, which enables the digitalisation of spatial information on power, gas, water supply, sewage, and communication infrastructure facilities so that they can be shared with each other via spatial IDs, from the following three perspectives: "updating and adding functions with a view to starting operations in the underground buried object area in fiscal 2024," "adding ground facilities to the target facilities," and "adding use cases for remote control and disaster response."

Reports, etc.

Fiscal 2022 "Survey and Research on Digital Twin Construction"

Published: April 26, 2023
With the aim of promoting the social implementation of digital twins, we conducted research and studies on the examination of necessary specifications and the development of maintenance methods, while demonstrating specific use cases for digital twins related to 3 d spatial information.

Reports, etc.

Data

Open Data / Metadata