TIS Inc and Kyutech Sign Deal to Advance Open Data Use

TIS Inc., a member of the TIS INTEC Group, and the Institute of Science and Technology, a public interest incorporated foundation, announce that they have concluded a collaboration agreement in May 2025 with the aim of promoting the use of open data.

The aim of this partnership agreement is to promote the active use of open data by examining mechanisms that will enable more local governments to easily provide high-quality open data, thereby helping to resolve various issues, revitalize the economy, and improve administrative capabilities.

In recent years, with the evolution of digital technology, huge amounts of data and information are flying around, and governments and local governments are being asked to be more transparent and trustworthy than ever before. Against this background, in Japan, the Basic Act on the Promotion of Public and Private Data Utilization[i] requires the national and local governments to work on open data, and each local government is promoting the disclosure of such information.

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Open data is used in a wide range of scenarios, including data analysis for application development and research, and data inquiries for solving local issues. While citizens’ needs for data are becoming more diverse, the only means of connecting data users and providers were general contact points such as administrative offices and inquiry forms, meaning that data users could not easily provide feedback on the data itself, and data providers could not fully understand the needs of users.

Therefore, in September 2024, ISIT adopted CKAN[iii] Extension Feedback, a feedback function developed by TIS, on BODIK ODCS[ii], one of the largest local government open data catalog sites in Japan, which ISIT provides. This allows data users to easily provide feedback to data providers, and data providers can receive the “real voices” of users.

Through these efforts, TIS and ISIT have concluded a partnership agreement with the aim of further expanding their efforts to promote the use of open data.

SOURCE: PRTimes