To the Future
The first Super City candidates will be selected this year, 2021, by the Japanese government, and the plans for Super Cities submitted by local government will be presented to the public later this year.
Stay up-to-date on the project, and obtain details of upcoming and past conferences and presentations.
You will also find links for other information and for our social-media profiles.
Past Events
Open Geospatial Consortium: Location Powers—Urban Digital Twins
Watch a video presentation (coming soon) from the Open Geospatial Consortium’s “Location Powers—Urban Digital Twins” summit held January 12–15, 2021. In the video, Councillor of the Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization, KITA Katsuhiko, describes the path from Smart Cities to Super Cities and introduces some of the Japanese technology that has made this journey possible.
Super City Smart City Forum 2019
The world's first international forum on Smart Cities and Super Cities held with the approval of the G20 Trade Digital Economy Ministers' Meeting was held on June 29, 2019, in Osaka, at the same time as the G20 Osaka Summit. Participants from 75 local governments, 207 private companies, and 20 leading research institutions discussed themes related to the transformation from Smart Cities to Super Cities.
In the plenary session, participants discussed the importance of diversity in building consensus and the need for international cooperation. In the exhibition area, 28 technology companies offered demonstrations of technology that could be used in Smart Cities and Super Cities.
Read about and watch the exhibition presentations via the link below:
Super City Open Lab
On August 28, 2019, a project related to the Super City Initiative was launched to connect local governments with technology companies. The technology companies include market leaders as well as smaller companies that might ordinarily find it difficult to connect with regional governments.
Virtual exhibition booths that are always open online connect knowledge with those who seek it, and a vibrant community on social media keeps the conversation moving.
Links
Presentation about the Super City Initiative (PDF)
National Strategic Special Zones Facebook page (Japanese only)
