FY2026 Regional Society DX Package: Shared Edge AI Demo Results
Overview
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications conducted a public call for proposals for the Regional Shared Edge AI Demonstration Type as part of the Regional Society DX Promotion Package Project, which comprehensively supports efforts to solve regional challenges through digital technology, and selected demonstration projects. The call targeted demonstrations of AI implementation models that use a regional shared edge AI platform to improve and optimize regional communications.
Key points
- The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications selected demonstration projects for the Regional Shared Edge AI Demonstration Type.
- The public call for proposals was conducted as part of the Regional Society DX Promotion Package Project.
- The projects targeted AI implementation models that use a regional shared edge AI platform to improve and optimize regional communications.
Overview
Amid ongoing population decline, declining birthrates and an aging population, and changes in the economic structure, solving regional social challenges through labor-saving measures and regional revitalization achieved by implementing digital technologies is considered important for creating sustainable regional societies and realizing strong local economies.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is implementing the Regional Society DX Promotion Package Project to create successful examples of digital implementation and promote their early practical application nationwide.
Impact
This initiative aims to contribute to solving regional social challenges through labor-saving measures and regional revitalization achieved by implementing digital technologies, as well as to realizing strong local economies.
Details
The project comprehensively supports securing digital talent and organizational structures, demonstrations of advanced solutions such as AI and automated driving, demonstrations of advanced communications systems, and subsidies for developing regional communications infrastructure.
This public call for proposals targeted demonstrations of AI implementation models that use a regional shared edge AI platform to improve and optimize regional communications, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications selected demonstration projects.