### 1. ICT spreading in our daily life

## (1) Progress of ICT utilization in communities

The results of a survey on the situation of regional ICT utilization conducted by MIC for local governments across the country shows that ICT utilization by local governments has progressed in all fields (Figure 4-4-11). The fields where ICT utilization is especially progressing in recent years are education $ ^{28} $ , medical care/nursing care $ ^{29} $ and tourism $ ^{30} $ , where the introduction rate increased about 10% from the 2014 level. On the other hand, the rate of ICT utilization is below 20% in medical/nursing care, industrial promotion, employment/human resource and other fields. It is hoped that ICT utilization will further progress through efforts by local governments.

Figure 4-4-1-1 ICT utilization rate by field (cross-year comparison)

(Source) "Survey Research on Current State of Regional ICT Utilization" 2017, MIC

### 2. ICT utilization spreading to the world

## (1) Japan's ICT infrastructure export

Positioning overseas expansion in the field of ICT as an important measure, MIC is actively promoting public-private sector joint efforts. Here, we introduce cases of overseas expansion with focus on Japan's standard of terrestrial digital broadcasting (TDB) and demonstration projects.

### A. Overseas deployment of the ICT infrastructure centered on TDB

Since 2006 when Brazil became the first foreign country to adopt Japan's standard of terrestrial digital broadcasting, Japan's standard of TDB has been adopted by 19 countries (including Japan) as of March 2017, as a result of Japan's approach in public-private partnerships. In the "Infrastructure Systems Export Strategy (revised in FY2017)" in May 2017, the government states "for countries that adopted Japan's standard of terrestrial digital broadcasting (ISDB-T) in 2016, we will implement education, cooperation and other activities toward international dissemination of our ICT and services (disaster prevention ICT, optical fiber, etc.) centered on TDB." Taking advantage of the cooperative relationship with the countries that adopted Japan's standard of TDB, Japan is making public-private sector joint efforts to promote overseas expansion of ICT utilization that will contribute to solution of social problems.

(a) Terrestrial digital broadcasting in a road traffic information distribution system: Philippines

The Philippines adopted a Japanese TDB in November 2013. The country, where traffic congestion is intensifying in urban areas every year, has a strong need for use of an ICT system to grasp the latest congestion state. The Japanese TDB has a data broadcasting function to convey information to a broad area. Japan and the Philippines will cooperate to develop a road traffic information distribution system using the data broadcasting.

(b) Terrestrial digital broadcasting in a wide-area disaster prevention system: Peru

In April 2009, Peru adopted the Japanese TDB as the second country following Brazil. In Peru, a broad-area disaster prevention system equipped with an Emergency Warning Broadcast System (EWBS), which is one of the advantages of the Japanese TDB, was put into practical use. By installing the Japanese TDB facilities in seven disaster prevention centers, the country enhances disaster-related communication capacity to reduce personal damage. Peru is the second country after Japan to put a broad-area disaster prevention system equipped with EWBS into practical use. It is hoped that the system will spread to the neighboring countries adopting the