The Delegation of Taiwan-Japan Industrial Collaboration, led by Deputy General Jang-hwa Leu of the Industrial Development Bureau, visited Japan between November 9 to 13, 2015. The delegation consisted of representatives from the Committee of Communications Industry Development (CoCID), Office of Digital Content Industry Promotion and Development, Chunghwa Telecom, FarEasTone Telecom, and the animation industry. The main purpose of this trip was to strengthen the cooperation between Taiwan and Japan in areas such as smart cities, 5G, and digital content, as well as to further promote industrial upgrading in Taiwan.
The itinerary of the delegation included a visit to Japan's Association of Radio Industries and Businesses (ARIB) to discuss Japan's effort in establishing symposiums for next-generation communications, for Taiwan’s consideration for future policy-making. The delegation also paid a visit to The ClouT consortium, a joint European-Japanese ICT project to leverage cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT) and smart cities. The delegation also visited leading Japanese companies such as telecom operator NTT, telecom equipment provider NEC and digital content provider ACQUIRE to discuss cooperation on next-generation communications and digital content development.
The delegation’s visit to Japan also helped to bring about several Taiwan-Japan digital content collaboration projects. For example, leading Taiwanese game company YOOE Digitech will be collaborating with Acquire subsidiary Zerodiv Inc. on mobile game development and international marketing with respect to the「kungfuman」animated films (which are widely-known in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China). In addition, Taiwan’s CHEER DIGIART will be cooperating with the TOEI DIGITAL CENTER, a leading player in the Japanese film and entertainment business, on the development of new types of film special effects technology, and Taiwan’s Softstar Entertainment will be collaborating with NADA HOLDINGS and Japan’s TV Tokyo on the establishment of a joint production committee for 「Xuan-yuan Sword」.