In order to improve safety on construction sites, Hitachi Construction Machinery and startup aptpod introduced a real-time digital twin platform in May 2024 that uses IoT sensor data to remotely monitor and automate heavy machinery.
In January 2025, NTT Data, NTT Com, and Mitsubishi Chemical Group successfully demonstrated the use of inspection robots, AI-based analysis, and all-photonics IoT connectivity to broadcast real-time 4K video data for pipe fracture detection over a distance of 120 km.
In order to improve public road safety, NTT Data started testing AI-based cognitive assessment systems earlier in January 2024 utilizing telemetry from taxis to measure the conduct of senior drivers. In order to enable smart city surveillance and public safety situational awareness, Hitachi Insight Group introduced their updated Video Analytics platform in September 2024.
This platform now includes scenario-based analytics and privacy-conscious object detection, and it is available in APAC markets, including Japan. In order to monitor environmental threats and streamline emergency response procedures, Fujitsu also implemented its Internet of Things-enabled city infrastructure solutions in a number of Japanese municipalities.
In order to provide sensor orchestration, digital twin analysis, and edge analytics for city command centers, Siemens and Mitsubishi Electric kept incorporating their platforms into disaster management and urban resilience systems.
When taken as a whole, these projects demonstrate Japan's rapid adoption of robots, real-time artificial intelligence, and Internet of Things infrastructure in public safety, thereby improving disaster-responsive urban governance, critical infrastructure monitoring, and emergency preparedness.
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