Japan ’s ministry of economy , trade and industry has announced plans to facilitate cooperation and sharing of industrial data among Japanese businesses working in robotics , automation and autonomous driving . The scheme , known as Connected Industries Tokyo Initiative , will include developing frameworks for sharing data between businesses and developing large - scale data banks for the use and sharing of industrial data . Hiroshige Seko , the minister of economy , trade and industry , argued that Japanese businesses need to cooperate more to expand into global markets rather just competing at home .
Japan’s ministry of economy, trade and industry has announced plans to facilitate cooperation and sharing of industrial data among Japanese businesses working in robotics, biotechnology and autonomous driving. The scheme, known as Connected Industries Tokyo Initiative, will include developing frameworks for sharing information between companies and creating large-scale data banks for the use and sharing of industrial data. Hiroshige Seko, the minister of economy, trade and industry, argued that Japanese businesses need to cooperate more to expand into global markets rather just competing at home.