NEWS RELEASE

July 24, 2024
Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd.

BIPROGY Inc.
NEXT Logistics Japan, Ltd.
Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.

Selected as an organization to implement a NEDO project,the "Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital
Transformation of Industries/R&D for
Infrastructure for Advance Implementation of Digital Lifelines"－ Field testing using level 4 autonomous driving trucks
to be carried out in FY2024 –Four companies, Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. (Head office: Shibuya-ku, Tokyo; CEO& President: Shuichi Yoshimura; "Dynamic Map Platform"), BIPROGY Inc. (Head office:Koto-ku, Tokyo; CEO & President: Noboru Saito; "BIPROGY"), NEXT Logistics Japan,Ltd. (Head office: Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo; CEO & President: Yukio Umemura; "NEXTLogistics Japan"), and Yamato Transport Co., Ltd. (Head office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo;
President: Yutaka Nagao; "Yamato Transport"), have been selected through an open callby NEDO (the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization) asorganizations to implement the "Autonomous Driving Assistance Lanes" project. This
project is part of the "Digital Infrastructure Development Project for Digital
Transformation of Industries/R&D for Infrastructure for Advance Implementation ofDigital Lifelines" project. The four companies will form a consortium to develop a data
coordination system to support autonomous driving, aiming to streamline work andoptimize resources.
The companies plan to carry out field testing for this project in FY2024 to enable level 4
autonomous driving trucks to drive on the Shin-Tomei Expressway (between
Surugawan-Numazu and Hamamatsu SA).

◼ Background and aims of selection
The Ministry of Economics, Trade and Industry is exploring the "Digital Lifeline
Development Plan," which will create new social infrastructure known as "digitallifelines" across the whole country using digital technology, with the goal of solving social
issues and developing industries through the digital field. Within this, the construction ofAutonomous Driving Assistance Lanes is an early harvest project, requiring the creationof infrastructure for measures such as collaborative transportation and delivery and theuse of autonomous driving trucks for logistics.
This project hopes to create digital infrastructure that will make it possible to coordinate
data between multiple companies and industries. This will be achieved by developing adata coordination system to support autonomous driving and providing the data setsneeded for functions common to the work of each business. The aim is for theinfrastructure created to be used not only in the logistics field, but also more broadly indiverse mobility areas.

◼ Project initiatives
The development of a data coordination system to support autonomous driving by a fourcompany consortium
・Dynamic Map Platform: Development of a data coordination system for autonomous
driving operations
Working with all the businesses involved in the project to create Autonomous Driving
Assistance Lanes, the company will develop a data distribution system that enables theprocessing and connecting of the different types of data needed for autonomous driving
operations. It will also distribute information that combines Dynamic Map Platform's 3D
map data and different types of information from existing transportation information
providers, roadside infrastructure, and vehicles, and develop a system (a "vehicle
information coordination system") that supports safe travel for autonomous driving
vehicles.
・BIPROGY: Development of near-miss information sharing system using simulations
BIPROGY will create a catalog of scenarios that can be used to develop autonomous
driving systems by obtaining information about near-misses from vehicles and externalsystems, and turning this into simulations. It will also develop an environment for
generating driving environment models and simulations.

・NEXT Logistics Japan and Yamato Transport: Development of logistics service data
coordination system
The two companies will develop a collaborative transportation system that makes it
possible to coordinate data from the timetable plans and route plans of transportcompanies, created based on the demand for transportation by cargo owners. By verifying
the coordination between this system, the data distribution system, and the vehicle
information coordination system, they will also prove that logistics services are more
efficient thanks to the introduction of autonomous driving and data coordination.
◼ Introduction to the companies that make up the consortium
Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd.
Dynamic Map Platform Co., Ltd. was established through an "all-Japan system" withthe backing of the Japanese government and Japanese companies, including 10
automobile manufacturers, working in unison. Headquartered in Japan, it has groupcompanies in America, Germany, South Korea, and the Middle East, and currently
employs around 300 staff members (across the world). As the operator of a platform forHigh-Precision 3D data that reproduces the physical world in digital space, Dynamic
Map Platform supports innovation in many different industries and fields.
Website: https://www.dynamic-maps.co.jp/index.html
BIPROGY Inc.
BIPROGY Inc. changed its company name (trading name) from Nihon Unisys, Ltd. on
April 1, 2022 with the aim of realizing its new purpose as a company that creates socialvalue. The BIPROGY Group paved the way for today's information society with Japan's
first commercial computer, and in the 60+ years since then, it has solved customer
issues and created systems that support society and businesses as a system integrator.
With experience and achievements as its backbone, BIPROGY will accelerate its
initiatives with various partners to create new value that will enrich society and to solve
social issues, and become a company that creates social value. As one of these
initiatives, V-Drive Technologies, a BIPROGY Group company, is providing the DIVP®
Simulation Platform, a platform to evaluate the safety of autonomous driving.
*DIVP is a registered trademark of Ikutoku Gakuen
Website: https://www.biprogy.com/NEXT Logistics Japan, Ltd.
Most of the founders of NEXT Logistics Japan were members of the Toyota Group, whocreated the company with the aim of solving social issues in logistics. To accomplish this,the company has worked with partner companies engaged in capital participation and awide range of shipping companies and logistics businesses to promote the creation ofschemes for highly efficient transportation, including NeLOSS, a logistics optimization
solution system. The company aims to realize sustainable logistics and further promote
its initiatives by linking its high-load operations to autonomous driving technology.
Website: https://www.next-logistics-jp.jp/
Yamato Transport Co., LtdYamato Transport Co., Ltd has a logistics network that extends across Japan, andprovides logistics services such as courier deliveries. As times have changed, thecompany has contributed to the "realization of a prosperous society" throughtransportation. Yamato Transport has been working on its Mid-Term Management Plan
"Sustainability Transformation 2030 ~1st Stage~" since April 2024, and aims to become"a value-creating company that contributes to the realization of a sustainable future."With innovation as its starting point, the company will create “new logistics” and “newvalue” with its diverse partners, facing the challenges of the future head on.
Website: https://www.kuronekoyamato.co.jp/Contact
Corporate Communications, Yamato Transport Co., Ltd.
TEL: +81-3-3541-3411