from the October 6 Nikkei

ビッグデータで街づくり　日本ＩＢＭなど　渋滞を予測・解消　東京五倫再開発にらむ　

There is a project for making people's urban life more comfortable by making best use of so-called"big data," which collects and analyzes a huge amount of data. In IBM Japan, they are making efforts to help to maintain expressways' traffic to be optimum conditions by combining the weather disaster forecast system and the traffic conjestion forecast system. In its traffic conjestion forecast, they are going to anticipate traffic jams by making tens of millions of vehicles run on the virtual roads. In Fujitsu Japan, they are going to find out the spots with a high risk of an accident by analyzing traffic data. In anticipation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, redevelopment of the Tokyo urban area will be advancing. So, their efforts which aim to seek both efficiency and security will surely help redevelop Tokyo to a new city suitable for the world event seven years from now.

from the September 13 Nikkei

ジャパンディスプレイ上場　年度内、２０００億円調達　スマホ用増産　革新機構、初の資金回収

Japan Display Inc., a firm established by Hitachi, Toshiba and Sony for manufacturing small and mid-sized liquified crystal panels, has decided to be listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange within this fiscal year. Market capitalization is expected to be around \70 million, one of large-scale listings. The fund raised throught this process would come to be \20 million, which will be used in investment for increasing the production of panels for smartphone devices. Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, the government-affliated fund, has 70 percent stake of Japan Display, and will get a return for its investment for the first time.