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Part 2: Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, visited the Ideathon of AI and Uwajima City, Ehime prefecture on January 9, 2025

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Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, visited the Ideathon of AI and Uwajima City in Ehime prefecture on January 9, 2025.

This AI Ideathon was positioned as the second round following the AI Ideathon and Hackathon held in cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in November 2024. A AI Ideathon was held in Uwajima City under the title "Public-Private Partnership AI Ideathon to Create a Local Government Business Flow in 2030" to discuss how to use generated AI that will be useful for future local government business.

In addition, in Uwajima City, we are focusing on promoting digital transformation, such as the establishment of the "Tenpo City Hall," a platform that consolidates administrative procedures that can be completed online, and the implementation of support for watching over the elderly and remote medical care.

AI Ideathon inspection

Discussions were held on "utilization of AI contributing to EBPM" and "utilization of AI in counter services" from the viewpoint of three parties: the national government, local governments, and core vendors of local governments.

Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, is shown on the right, and a monitor is shown on the left, showing Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, talking.
(Remarks on the AI Ideathon)

Workshop

In the workshop on AI Ideathon, the current framework of administrative work was clarified regarding the utilization of generated AI that contributes to EBPM, and whether or not AI can be substituted and why it cannot be substituted were discussed.
With regard to the utilization of AI in window operations, discussions were held on how AI can be used to solve problems in order to alleviate citizens' concerns that the necessary procedures are wide-ranging and the systems are difficult to understand, as well as to reduce the burden on employees who examine and consult with citizens.
In addition, Minister Taira commented on the expectations and challenges for the realization of the idea of utilizing AI, which is indispensable for maintaining and improving administrative services amid the deepening shortage of staff due to the declining population, which came out in the AI Ideathon after the workshop.

Participants in the AI Ideathon are discussing the situation, and Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, is inspecting the situation at a distance.
(Participants in the AI Ideathon are discussing whether the current framework of administrative work can be clarified and substituted by AI)

The way Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation, is talking about the general review of the AI Ideathon.
(Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation,'s general comment on the AI Ideathon)

Visit to Uwajima City

Inspection of aquaculture management DX (technology to confirm the number of fish using AI, etc.)

Fishery business operators in Uwajima City are working on DX for aquaculture management, which aims to stabilize management by using the technology to count the number of farmed fish in a living fish tank using ultrasonic waves, setting appropriate feeding and dosage, and monitoring stocks.
They received an explanation of the contents and prospects of the aquaculture management DX business and exchanged questions and opinions.

While holding the actual equipment used by Mr. Taira, Minister for Digital Transformation,, he receives an explanation from a person in charge about the system for managing the number of farmed fish.
(Receiving an explanation about the system for managing the number of farmed fish)

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