NEWS RELEASE
March 18, 2020MIRAIT Holdings Corporation[MIRAIT Corporation]
Provides System for Precise Tracking of Positional Information as aPartner Company for “Team Position Management Proof of Concept”
in Emergency Service Training by the Tokyo Fire Department

MIRAIT Corporation (head office: Koto-ku, Tokyo; President: Toshiki Nakayama; “MIRAIT”)
implemented a Team Position Management Proof of Concept (PoC) conducted in anemergency services training session by the Tokyo Fire Department training team conductedat the Tokyo Fire Department Shiomi Training Center (Koto-ku, Tokyo) on February 21, 2020.
The PoC provided a system for precise tracking of positional information of “people andgoods” outdoors using LoRaWAN and high precision GNSS devices independently
developed by MIRAIT as a partner company.

MIRAIT is verifying the utility of LPWA communications technology for realizing longdistance data communication with low power consumption at low cost based on the recent
rise in the need for utilization of IoT. As part of this, a LoRaWAN™*1 network was establishedin the Tokyo Bay area (Toyosu, Shinkiba, Edagawa) centered on Toyosu where the headoffice is located in November 2017. Utilizing this communication network, a free supportservice for supporting the LoRaWAN™*1 network and network connectivity for partnercompanies, etc. jointly conducting field trials. Specific examples of utilization of LoRaWAN™
being worked on include field trials for visualization of information on vacancy of parking
areas, monitoring of the deterioration of solar panels, and transmission of running data fromsmart shoes.
The mission of Tokyo Fire Department*2 is the protection of the lives, physical wellbeing andproperty of people living, working and visiting Tokyo, which is one of the world’s largest
cities, from all disasters, and performs life-saving operations such as firefighting, reliefactivities and rescue activities, and a variety of operations for preventing damage from fireand disasters.
It is necessary to have overall control for having a broad perspective of fire and disastersites, swiftly determining actual conditions and making decisions based on conditions, andissuing commands and orders to teams in the field. In an effort to seek ways to perform
swift and multifaceted determination of actual conditions through audio reports via radio andvisual inspection, the Tokyo Fire Department conducted the Team Position Management
Proof of Concept at the Tokyo Fire Department Shiomi Training Center.
As a partner company, MIRAIT provided the local LoRaWAN area on a LoRaWAN gateway
and also provided independently developed tracker devices and a cloud system for tracking
positional information made up of LoRaWAN and high-precision GNSS devices carried byteam members.

MIRAIT will utilize the knowledge gained through this PoC to continually enhance LPWA
networking technology and IoT technology, with the aim of working with partners to create
new value and contribute to the realization of an enriched society.

*1 LoRaWAN™
LoRaWAN™ is a communication standard for IoT established by the members of the LoRa
Alliance including semiconductor manufacturer Semtech and IBM. LoRaWAN™ is atrademark of Semtech Corporation.

*2 Tokyo Fire Department
Japan’s largest firefighting organization with approximately 18,000 employees, making it
one of the largest in the world. It conducts activities to protect the capital, Tokyo, which isone of the largest metropolises in the world, from all kinds of disaster, and communicates
information on advanced disaster prevention expertise and technology.

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■Scenes from the Team Position Management Proof of Concept

Implementation date:February 21, 2020

Implementation location:

Tokyo Fire Department Shiomi Training Center, Koto-ku, Tokyo

Fig. 1: Mobilizing

Fig. 2: Training

Fig. 3: Training

Fig. 4: Screen of the positional

Fig. 5: Some of theinformation tracking systemequipment usedEnd