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            <title><![CDATA[Building Resilience Against Disinformation: Embassy of Canada × Code for Japan Event Report]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/building-resilience-against-disinformation-embassy-of-canada-code-for-japan-event-report-cf9f9e8a4efa?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nao Myoshu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 04:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*3wo3qlzVwarDL8czFJ10uA.png" /></figure><p>Code for Japan and the Embassy of Canada co-hosted an event on countering disinformation and foreign information manipulation. The event was organized to coincide with the visit of Saliou Babou, <em>Director of the Democratic Resilience and Rapid Response Mechanism Division at Global Affairs Canada and Chair of the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM)</em>.</p><p>The event highlighted case studies and international examples of how different countries are responding to the growing global challenge of disinformation and Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI).</p><p>The discussion also featured Kyoko Kuwahara, Research Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA), and Kazuki Jinnouchi from Code for Japan, who leads the <em>BirdXplorer</em> project. Together, they participated in a panel discussion exploring national and civic strategies for countering information manipulation.</p><p>Canada serves as the permanent secretariat of the G7 Rapid Response Mechanism (RRM), an initiative that looks to counter foreign threats to democracy, including foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI). Canada looks to enhance collaboration with civil society and the private sector to identify and counter foreign threats and strengthen democratic resilience.</p><p>When it comes to countering disinformation, one of the major challenges lies in determining who should judge which information is true or false, and how those judgments should be communicated. The panel emphasized that such efforts should not be led solely by government authorities. Instead, stronger collaboration between the public sector, private organizations, and civil society is essential.</p><h3>Talk: How Can We Counter Disinformation? Japan and Canada’s Countermeasures</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*fWQ05vT20wTR0ludU6hqgg.png" /></figure><p>Mr. Babou presented examples of how Canada has responded to cases of foreign interference and information manipulation.</p><p>Canada has responded proactively to the rapidly evolving threat of foreign interference, and developed innovative responses. In 2019 and 2021, Canada stood up the Security and Intelligence Threats to Election Task Force to combat foreign interference. Although the Task Force detected some instances of foreign malign activity, it concluded that these activities did not affect the overall election outcomes. Even so, the Canadian government regarded such activity as threats that could undermine public trust in democratic institutions. In response, Canada has continued to strengthen its countermeasures and improve resilience against FIMI.</p><p>The presentation also introduced specific initiatives implemented to ensure that the <strong>202</strong>5 federal election would be conducted in a fair and transparent manner.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*m_VU6nGe5KIgO9kUZBDNUQ.png" /></figure><p>From Japan’s side, Mr. Jinnouchi presented Code for Japan’s analysis of Community Notes during the 2025 House of Councillors election. The team developed a visualization tool for examining posts on X (formerly Twitter) and their attached Community Notes as part of civic efforts to detect and counter disinformation.</p><p>Compared with Canada, Japan still faces the challenge of having relatively few fact-checking organizations or groups developing open-source tools in this field. Code for Japan is working to change that by organizing events that bring together not only engineers but also journalists and researchers, encouraging diverse stakeholders to experiment with the tools it has developed to promote information transparency.</p><p>The presentation shared preliminary findings on how the tool was used to analyze data from the 2025 House of Councillors election.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*sRy7-sgEIcrlxzREQGLFHQ.jpeg" /></figure><p>Ms. Kuwahara presented several cases showing that Japan is not immune to the threat of foreign information manipulation. While Japan’s linguistic barrier and the public’s high level of trust in traditional media have long provided a degree of resilience against foreign interference, this situation is beginning to change. In recent years, foreign actors have increasingly disseminated strategic narratives — not only in English and Chinese, but also in Japanese — timed to coincide with specific political or social events, often exploiting contentious or divisive issues. These activities can no longer be overlooked.</p><p>Although Japan has been gradually strengthening its countermeasures, most of these efforts remain government-led. Compared with international examples, the involvement of civil society and the private sector is still limited.</p><p>Despite cultural and contextual differences between Japan and Canada — in terms of perceptions of threats and the nature of their responses — the discussion underscored several shared lessons: the importance of engaging multiple actors not only from government but also from civil society and the private sector in countering information manipulation; the value of sharing best practices and case studies; and the need to build a multi-faceted,sustainable framework for international cooperation, including intelligence sharing and rapid response mechanisms.</p><h3>Panel Discussion: Overcoming Barriers to Japan–Canada Collaboration</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*vvrh0HYzBFEjaq5qZrzwxg.png" /></figure><p>The panel discussion focused on the challenges and opportunities for strengthening cooperation between Japan and Canada. Given that foreign interference can no longer be ignored, the speakers emphasized the importance of reinforcing international collaboration even during peacetime — a kind of <strong>“pre-bunking”</strong> approach to global partnerships.<br>Mr. Babou explained that to achieve this, it is essential to establish shared <strong>norms</strong> and build a common understanding among nations. Citing the G7 Leaders’ Statement on Transnational Repression, issued during the June 2025 G7 Summit chaired by Canada–as an example, he emphasized the need to define what constitutes cross-border repression and agree on how such acts should be investigated.</p><p>Mr. Jinnouchi introduced the <strong>Facing the Ocean</strong> initiative — a long-standing community collaboration between Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea — as an example of how sustained engagement can foster strong personal connections that make joint efforts smoother and more effective.</p><p>From a research perspective, Ms. Kuwahara pointed out that Japan’s experience, academic research, and policy development in this emerging field are still limited. Consequently, there are currently few actors in Japan capable of serving as counterparts in bilateral cooperation with Canada. She noted that discussions in Japan therefore tend to remain narrowly focused on issues such as <strong>“disinformation”</strong> or <strong>“information warfare”</strong> within the online information space, rather than addressing the broader systemic, cross-border, and offline dimensions of the problem.</p><h3>Key Takeaways</h3><p>A comparison of countermeasures against disinformation and foreign information manipulation revealed clear differences between Japan and Canada in both the history and structure of their approaches. From the Canadian side, the presentation emphasized that tackling FIMI requires not only government-led initiatives but also stronger leadership from the private sector and civil society. In Japan, however, such such a whole of society arroach remains relatively limited.</p><p>As foreign interference grows more sophisticated, international cooperation will be key to addressing the problem of disinformation. While Japan and Canada differ in their cultural backgrounds and perceptions of threat, the discussion highlighted the importance of building partnerships that leverage each country’s strengths and promote collaborative action.</p><p>If you’re interested in Code for Japan’s ongoing work in this field, don’t miss the <strong>Code for Japan Summit</strong> on <strong>November 29</strong>, where a session will feature the BirdXplorer project and its efforts to visualize and analyze online information dynamics. If you’d like to learn more, we warmly invite you to join us at the Code for Japan Summit.<br> 👉<a href="https://luma.com/cfjsummit-2025"> Register here</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=cf9f9e8a4efa" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/building-resilience-against-disinformation-embassy-of-canada-code-for-japan-event-report-cf9f9e8a4efa">Building Resilience Against Disinformation: Embassy of Canada × Code for Japan Event Report</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Japanese Recipient: Hal Seki of Code for Japan Receives the “Charles T.]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/first-japanese-recipient-hal-seki-of-code-for-japan-receives-the-charles-t-4b90347a4bea?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Hal Seki]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2025 05:16:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>First Japanese Recipient: Hal Seki of Code for Japan Receives the “Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award 2025”</h3><h3>I’m Honored to Receive the Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award 2025</h3><p>On October 6, 2025, I had the incredible honor of receiving the <strong>“Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award 2025” </strong>from <strong>the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES)</strong> at a ceremony held at the Patterson Mansion in Washington, D.C.</p><figure><img alt="Headshot of Hal Seki with award text." src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*vTmKXjQmTCPtFqMv" /><figcaption>Award image</figcaption></figure><p>This award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions to the advancement of democracy worldwide, and I’m humbled to be the first Japanese recipient of this prestigious honor.</p><p><a href="https://www.ifes.org/news/ifes-presents-2025-democracy-award-leaders-technology-and-democracy">https://www.ifes.org/news/ifes-presents-2025-democracy-award-leaders-technology-and-democracy</a></p><h3>What This Award Means</h3><p>The Charles T. Manatt Democracy Award is presented by IFES, a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., that has been working since 1987 to support electoral systems and promote democracy in more than 145 countries worldwide. Past recipients include distinguished leaders such as former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and former National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley.</p><h3>Recognition of Our Work</h3><p>IFES recognized the work we’ve been doing at Code for Japan with these words:</p><blockquote>”His dedication and creativity in working to ensure technology supports democracy is critically important at a time when electoral integrity is under threat. Code for Japan’s promotion of civic participation and collaborative efforts between government, private sector, and citizens exemplifies 21st-century democratic governance and provides a blueprint for strengthening trust between government and citizens.”</blockquote><p>I’m particularly grateful that Audrey Tang, Taiwan’s Cyber Ambassador-at-Large, nominated me for this award. Her leadership in digital democracy has been an inspiration to many of us working in this field.</p><h3>My Reflections</h3><p>I am deeply honored and grateful to receive this recognition. More than anything, this award belongs to the entire Code for Japan community — the volunteers, partners, government officials, and citizens who have worked together over the years to make our democracy more inclusive and participatory through technology.</p><p>This recognition encourages me to continue our mission: improving democracy in Japan by bringing together citizens, government, and technologists to co-create our future.</p><h3>About Code for Japan</h3><p>For those unfamiliar with our work, Code for Japan is a nonprofit organization I founded in 2013. Our vision is “a society where we think together and build together,” and we promote solutions to social issues through technology. We operate civic tech communities, develop open-source tools, support government digital transformation, and advance smart city initiatives across Japan.</p><ul><li>Website: <a href="https://code4japan.org/">https://code4japan.org</a></li><li>Areas of Focus: Civic Tech, Open Government, Digital Public Infrastructure</li></ul><p>Thank you to everyone who has supported this journey. Let’s continue building a more open, participatory democracy together.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=4b90347a4bea" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/first-japanese-recipient-hal-seki-of-code-for-japan-receives-the-charles-t-4b90347a4bea">First Japanese Recipient: Hal Seki of Code for Japan Receives the “Charles T.</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Civic hackers in north-east Asia came together in Okinawa, Japan]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/civic-hackers-in-north-east-asia-came-together-in-okinawa-japan-126cf173de16?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nao Myoshu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:29:12 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-10-14T11:29:12.044Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*CfgY2UE3IylbBaot" /></figure><h4>“Let’ s meet in the sort-of geographical midpoint for a hackathon-like event…”</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*-5TeJHbAS0qVyJDf" /><figcaption>PC: Ipa Chiu</figcaption></figure><p>This is a report for Facing the Ocean Meet &amp; Hack from June 8th -9th. It was a 2 days civic-hacking event in Okinawa.</p><p>Participants came together from <a href="https://g0v.tw/en-US/">g0v</a>, <a href="http://partiunion.org/en">Parti</a>, <a href="https://www.code4japan.org/">Code for Japan</a> and other civic-hacking organizations for this international event, which civic-hackers from north-east Asian countries met face-to-face for the first time.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*rBF_LMxxbSUQd6bJ" /><figcaption>PC: Isabel Hou</figcaption></figure><p>The event didn&#39;t happen without support from the local host. The whole program was hosted in the Okinawa city government led-incubator, <a href="https://lagoon-koza.org/">Startup Lab Lagoon</a>. The opening was started with traditional dance, Eisa and food were sponsored by local food suppliers.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*I6n4uf9MMRnvF4vn" /><figcaption>A presentation about Tatta. PC: Maaa Thaira</figcaption></figure><p>Following the way of <a href="https://jothon.g0v.tw/">Jothon</a> of g0v, participants work on 10 projects. The themes were various.</p><ul><li><a href="https://g0v.hackmd.io/NIOlwDEvRoOefwazFYQ1ew#">MDMI — Mis/dis/mal-information — Attacks &amp; Responses</a></li><li><a href="https://g0v.hackmd.io/3AOKEBOKRiK15i8UQMYJHg">Open Gov Data Helper</a></li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12CQb2KJlzLwFUR8jLdU8yc813LWumterFwzVQ3KV3I4/edit#slide=id.p">The poverty of children in Okinawa</a></li><li><a href="https://ahrc.legal/">Asian Human Rights Court Simulation</a></li><li><a href="https://codeforjapan.github.io/mapprint/">Know-where: Print-friendly cloud map for disaster</a></li><li><a href="https://extradition.g0vhk.io/index-en.html">Extradition Law Amendment in Hong Kong</a></li><li><a href="https://tattaokinawa.github.io/project.tatta/">TATTA: Beach cleaning project in Okinawa</a></li><li><a href="https://herstory-of-east-asia.netlify.com/">Herstory of East Asia: Gender movement/open government mapping in East Asia</a></li><li><a href="https://union.parti.xyz/posts/28822">What is civic hacking / civic hacker</a></li></ul><p>…and others</p><p>Each team had different approaches. One team started with a general discussion and developed a website. Other one worked on collecting events related to gender movement and translate them into 4 languages and mapped the data on a globe.</p><h3>2 reasons why I felt this event was amazing…</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*bGtKs5OOALVGiEZQ" /><figcaption>PC: Yu Mu</figcaption></figure><p>As one of the organizers and also participants, I would like to write about the reason why I felt this hackathon-like event was amazing for a non-tech person.</p><p>I believe there are 2 reasons as follows:</p><ul><li>It is all about collaboration but not a competition.</li><li>Learning different situation and exchanging the knowledge through the project.</li></ul><h4><strong>It is all about collaboration but not a competition.</strong></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*3-0RTxeLpPIqa13l" /><figcaption>PC: Yu Mu</figcaption></figure><p>What I have realized through this event was that it was more like a collaboration to build something together. There were projects owners with a great passion and supportive people who want to make use of their talented skills.</p><p>I felt Meet &amp; Hack was like a weekend project which you can help someone’s projects, which could make somebody else happy. It doesn’t have to be completed in the event but you can always come back to work together.</p><p>My assumption for a hackathon was that people have to build something in a very short time as a competition. Hackers are the sexiest people in the event.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*G_yKqCBRyU0rJk_polAQ_w.png" /><figcaption>A slide from the introduction “Skill Sticker”</figcaption></figure><p><strong>Anybody can contribute!<br></strong>Participants have various backgrounds, such as Journalist, videographer, urban design, lawyer, activist, designer, developer, and others, whom I cannot meet in my daily life.</p><p>The owner of Each project gave an introduction of their project and participants chose what they want to join.</p><p>Since the projects were collaborative, you can join any project which you feel you can do something to make it happen.</p><p>It could be a translation or data visualization, or even a designing slide deck for the project to spread the idea to the world. The participants were joining multiple projects and made use of their talented skills.</p><h4><strong>Learning different situation through exchanging the knowledge</strong></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*HFtYNY0yz96JO3GD" /><figcaption>PC: Kenichiro Toyosato</figcaption></figure><p>I joined 2 projects, a discussion group about what civic-hacking is, and a translation project for extradition Law Amendment in Hong Kong.</p><p>Through the discussion, we were able to ask other participants what civic hack is for them, so we can compare the definition of civic hacking for each person.</p><p>The good thing about this conversation was that we were able to learn the civic hacking scene in each community. It is not only about gov-tech or civic-tech. Someone said it is a brand to spread the idea to the world. Seems there is no answer.</p><p>I felt it doesn’t matter how the community is different but the important thing is civic-hacking is an understandable idea to gather people in one place and built a community.</p><p>Furthermore, the motivation to join this movement was not the same. Especially, through a translation project for extradition Law Amendment in Hong Kong, I felt it strongly. The motivation is a strong emotion that you want to improve something wrong.</p><p>I think I would never know very much about the political structure or the tension between China — Taiwan or Hong Kong. The threat of China actually affects the daily life so the civic hacking community needed to be organized to stand up for human rights with the power of technology.</p><h3>Conclusion</h3><h4><strong>Sharing civic hacker’s mind, we are not alone.</strong></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*ds9MT8f8YoNKAzxHVgqgyA.png" /><figcaption><a href="https://www.code4japan.org/">https://www.code4japan.org/</a></figcaption></figure><p>「ともに考え、ともにつくろう。」- Think together, and build together.</p><p>Thinking about the definition of civic-hacking, I have realized the slogan for Code for Japan fits my understanding of the movement.</p><p>Participants were sharing a similar mind as a civic hacker. They understand how powerful it is when people work together, instead of doing something by yourself.</p><p>This commonly shared concept connects us together and that is why we can enjoy working together and learning from each other even if we have different backgrounds.</p><p>I don’t think every community needs to have the same purpose. The political situation isn’t the same and people’s need is different.</p><p>I believe the most important thing is that the concept of the civic hack movement helps to bond the local people together as a community and solve the local problems they are facing.</p><p>I have realized how it is important to meet face to face and working on projects together with the same minded people, so we can know we are not alone and how physically and culturally close we are.</p><h4><strong>Creating the warm welcome and supportive atmosphere, no hesitation for asking</strong></h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/1*gyicYyqAs8z0gaP0v80HTw.png" /><figcaption>A slide from the introduction “問 — Ask!”</figcaption></figure><blockquote>Be friendly to newbies. Don’t respond with RTFM (Read the F Manual or STFG (Search the F Google) lightly. — Quated from the introduction slide</blockquote><p>This is obvious but it is not always easy to create a warm atmosphere to accept questions.</p><p>This could be the reason why I like to be here. There are people in the civic-hacking scene, who help me learn something I don’t know. I don’ t think I can meet them in my daily life.</p><p>In the discussion of civic-hacking, someone asked me “Why you spend your time to support the civic-hacking project?”</p><p>I have never thought about it very well, but I realized I just like to be with my friends in this movement.</p><p>That made me realized I need to figure out how we can make a good atmosphere to welcome our new friends as I was invited to this great community.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*GT954jmBU-db_nB9e1oxAw.png" /><figcaption>PC: Mami Takesada</figcaption></figure><p>local newspaper article about the event:</p><p><a href="https://www.okinawatimes.co.jp/articles/-/433527">「シビックテック」って何？　社会課題をITで解決　環境・貧困・男女平等...　沖縄市で国内外40人がウェブやアプリ制作 | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス　ニュース | 沖縄タイムス＋プラス</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=126cf173de16" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/civic-hackers-in-north-east-asia-came-together-in-okinawa-japan-126cf173de16">Civic hackers in north-east Asia came together in Okinawa, Japan</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reimagining How Citizens and Governments Build Together]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/reimagining-how-citizens-and-governments-build-together-81186355b517?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nao Myoshu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 11:28:21 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-10-14T11:28:15.753Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>East Asian Joint Hackathon “Facing the Ocean 2025” held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*Ikq5Y4xQcnOs2cTAifX5CQ.png" /><figcaption>CC-BY SeanGau</figcaption></figure><p>More than 80 civic hackers and public innovators from <strong>Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea</strong> gathered in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, for <strong>Facing the Ocean 2025</strong>, a regional hackathon dedicated to civic tech and cross-border collaboration.</p><h3>What Is “Facing the Ocean”?</h3><p><strong>Facing the Ocean (FtO)</strong> has been hosted in rotation by civic tech communities in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea since 2019. The last time Taiwan hosted was in 2020 in Tainan. This year, Kaohsiung welcomed participants once again, bringing together developers, designers, public officials, and community organizers across borders.</p><p>With glass walls opening toward the ocean, the venue made the theme almost literal: citizens and governments, facing the future together.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*5K5XOpGBgu000stDGVyrXg.png" /><figcaption>CC BY 4.0 by Baliyoho</figcaption></figure><p>Kaohsiung, a port city where historic streets meet modern architecture, has recently been investing in attracting software and tech sectors. Renovated warehouses along the harbor now serve as creative spaces, and on weekends, local events bring a vibrant energy to the city — a fitting backdrop for a civic tech gathering.</p><h3>A Key Theme: Working With Government, Not Just Alongside It</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*RqWeqkZSJOs3sHpS0GhsfA.png" /><figcaption>CC BY 4.0 by Baliyoho</figcaption></figure><p>One of the core themes of this year’s FtO was <strong>how civic tech communities and government officials can work together more effectively</strong>.</p><p>A total of 49 representatives from public agencies across the three countries joined the event. On the first day, a dedicated session for government officials highlighted the rise of Sovereign AI initiatives.</p><p>Kaohsiung City is collaborating with partners like NVIDIA to build an AI infrastructure operated locally rather than relying solely on external cloud services.</p><p>Sovereign AI refers to an approach where data, AI models, and computing infrastructure are managed and governed locally to ensure autonomy and public accountability.</p><p>Kaohsiung is now piloting a city-specific AI model (City VLM) designed to support urban operations such as port logistics, disaster prevention, transportation, and industrial infrastructure. This is being reported as one of Taiwan’s first city-level Sovereign AI projects, gaining national attention.</p><p>In addition, government representatives discussed:</p><ul><li>Use of AI to improve administrative efficiency</li><li>Open API collaboration models with civic tech communities</li><li>Examples from Taiwan such as the citizen participation platform “Join”, built in collaboration with civic organizations like g0v</li></ul><p>Interestingly, representatives from Japan and South Korea pointed out that <strong>the COVID-19 pandemic became a turning point</strong> in government and civic tech collaboration in their countries.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*hISHwmMPXorRbfp65MYqTQ.png" /><figcaption>Introduction of Japan’s open-source COVID-19 dashboard initiative</figcaption></figure><p>Representatives reflected on how the pandemic catalyzed new collaboration models:</p><ul><li>South Korea: Civic hackers pushed for the release of public health data APIs, which led to the development of mask availability maps.</li><li>Japan: Volunteer developers created an open-source COVID-19 data dashboard, which was adopted by over 30 municipalities nationwide — a major public collaboration milestone.</li></ul><h3>Hackathon Highlights — Civic Tech in Action</h3><p>The main hackathon brought together participants from nine countries, forming mixed teams over 1.5 days to prototype civic tech projects.</p><p>One standout example was Go Ocean, a project by Taiwan’s National Academy of Marine Research.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*g48P9tR0ozKM7QiWuQI1DA.png" /><figcaption>Introduction of Go Ocean platform</figcaption></figure><p>Go Ocean began as a project to prevent marine accidents by visualizing weather and ocean data. However, it has since evolved into a broader public data platform that allows local marine sports communities, such as surfers, to understand real on-site risks — for example, what a “1-meter wave height” actually means in terms of danger and safety.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*DKGRw7GZcEo3jrBI1C4xkg.png" /><figcaption>Participants discussed how to show attribution when APIs are used.</figcaption></figure><p>During the hackathon, civic hackers joined Go Ocean team members to discuss how to effectively train AI models using citizen-contributed data, especially for marine debris image recognition.</p><p>They also explored how API usage attribution should be displayed to ensure visibility and proper crediting when public data is reused — a practical governance discussion that often gets overlooked in open data projects.</p><h3>Experimenting with Multilingual AI Subtitles for Equality of Participation</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*iwift8sj6XN5yQmfDa3buA.png" /><figcaption>Live transcriptions were shown in four languages: English, Japanese, Taiwanese Mandarin, and Korean.</figcaption></figure><p>To make the event more inclusive, organizers experimented with real-time AI translation subtitles, allowing participants to speak in their own languages instead of defaulting to English.</p><p>Interestingly, several participants commented that reading imperfect machine-translated subtitles in their native language was more comfortable than listening to English interpretation — a reminder that technology can lower language barriers in new ways.</p><p>The multilingual subtitle interface was built by members of the g0v community, showcasing once again how civic tech is not only about government services, but also about creating tools that reshape how we collaborate across borders.</p><h3>Reflections</h3><p>Facing the Ocean 2025 was more than just a hackathon. It became a space for dialogue between civic tech communities and government officials, enabling a deeper understanding of public innovation processes in each country.</p><p>Just as civic hackers found encouragement in seeing peers across borders working with similar passion, government officials, too, had the chance to learn from civic collaboration models in neighboring regions.</p><h3>Join the Community — Code for Japan Summit 2025</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*sT2JUp5Flijn-WIHZ1J_bw.png" /></figure><p>If this report sparked your interest and you want to meet civic hackers in person, here’s good news:</p><p><strong>Code for Japan Summit 2025</strong> — Japan’s largest civic tech conference — will be held on <strong>November 29</strong>. Civic tech practitioners from across East Asia are expected to join — you might meet them there!</p><p>🔗 Event info: <a href="https://luma.com/cfjsummit-2025">https://luma.com/cfjsummit-2025</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=81186355b517" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/reimagining-how-citizens-and-governments-build-together-81186355b517">Reimagining How Citizens and Governments Build Together</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/civic-tech-and-the-upper-house-election-responding-to-disinformation-837ff6f435d1?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Nao Myoshu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 10:11:33 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2025-07-31T10:11:33.380Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’ll be sharing updates on Code for Japan’s recent and ongoing initiatives — particularly in the realm of elections and civic technology. This post focuses on our current efforts in the lead-up to the 2025 Upper House election.</p><p>Civic tech has long regarded elections as a key area of focus. With Japan’s Upper House election scheduled for late July 2025, attention is now turning to the impact of disinformation on social media. This article introduces Code for Japan’s latest initiatives, including highlights from an event in June, as we enter this critical election season.</p><p>As the election draws closer, we take a look at the role civic tech plays in the democratic process. As of June 10, the election has been confirmed for July, though the exact date has yet to be announced.</p><h3>Analyzing Community Notes in the Hyogo Gubernatorial Election</h3><p>Historically, civic tech has focused on boosting voter participation and making information more accessible. Recently, however, Code for Japan has shifted toward tackling disinformation in elections.</p><p>We are developing a tool called <strong>BirdXplorer</strong>, which analyzes data from X (formerly Twitter)’s Community Notes feature. Community Notes allow users to attach contextual information or corrections to posts, aiming to reduce misinformation. These Notes are only shown when rated “Helpful” by a diverse set of users, which is a key condition in the platform’s algorithm.</p><p>Code for Japan’s first BirdXplorer case study, in collaboration with Professor Hiroyuki Fujishiro of Hosei University, analyzed disinformation during the 2024 Hyogo gubernatorial election.</p><p>The year 2024 was a major global election year, with high-profile races in the U.S. and Taiwan. In Japan, while a Lower House election took place, the Hyogo governor’s race attracted particular attention due to the volume of disinformation and controversy on social media. Interest spiked further when Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced in January 2025 that the company would shift from traditional fact-checking to a Community Notes-like model.</p><p>Our analysis followed these steps:</p><ol><li>Extract Community Notes containing keywords related to the Hyogo election.</li><li>Manually determine whether each associated post was election-related.</li><li>Analyze visibility status (public, temporary, private), vote counts, and evaluation timelines.</li></ol><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/0*X9fYKn22isxzZ0Ag" /><figcaption>Despite receiving many ‘Helpful’ ratings, the Notes are not published.</figcaption></figure><p>A total of 165 election-related Notes were identified during the campaign. Surprisingly, none remained publicly visible, and only five had been temporarily shown. This 3% visibility rate is significantly below the 15% average for Japanese-language Notes during the same period.</p><p>We then investigated why so few Notes were published. In some cases, a low number of ratings may be the reason — but 54 of the hidden Notes had over 100 ratings, and 14 of those received “Helpful” ratings from more than 80% of voters. A likely explanation is a lack of diversity among contributors, which the algorithm heavily weights.</p><p>Even Notes that were temporarily visible followed a similar pattern: high “Helpful” ratings but eventual removal. This suggests that the issue was not content quality, but insufficient diversity among evaluators.</p><h3>Community Notes Are Growing — But So Are the Challenges</h3><p>Community Notes-style systems are expanding from X to platforms like Meta, YouTube, and TikTok as new tools to combat disinformation. Among these, only X publicly shares its algorithms and data, making it an essential platform for studying how such systems function.</p><p>The Hyogo election analysis revealed that algorithms prioritizing diversity in evaluation may not function effectively in election contexts. The study drew significant attention and was featured in an <a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20250324/k10014758511000.html">NHK news segment on March 24</a>.</p><h3>Exploring Use Cases for the Upper House Election: June Workshop</h3><p>For the upcoming Upper House election, Code for Japan plans to expand BirdXplorer’s use. To test potential applications and collaborative models, we co-hosted an event on June 7 titled <strong>“Community Notes × Elections: Exploring Use Cases for the Upper House Election”</strong> with Professor Fujishiro at Hosei University.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/1*viT26bskEyQZeoyfRsx7og.jpeg" /><figcaption>Hands-On Tableau Visualization</figcaption></figure><p>Building on the momentum from the “Hack the Disinfo 2024” hackathon in November, the workshop had two defining features:</p><ol><li><strong>A Strong Focus on Visualization<br></strong>Visualization expert <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/opendatasugoi">VIZZIES</a> offered hands-on Tableau training and technical support. Many attendees were using Tableau for the first time and found the practical exercises engaging.<br>Before the event, Code for Japan and VIZZIES discussed potential visualization techniques and initially worried about limited variety. However, participants — especially those with media or election experience — came up with a wide range of original ideas.</li><li><strong>High Media Participation<br></strong>Nearly half the participants were journalists, including attendees from regions such as Tohoku and Kyushu. Their presence highlighted strong media interest in countering election disinformation.</li></ol><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/512/0*ZSoFQPYcFsIBSxv6" /><figcaption>The session concluded with energetic final presentations from all teams.</figcaption></figure><p>Participants formed three-person teams based on skillsets and election knowledge and spent two and a half hours analyzing real data. Journalists brought unique perspectives, while data scientists proposed analytical approaches. VIZZIES provided ongoing technical help, and attendees asked detailed questions about the Community Notes algorithm and data structure.</p><p>By directly engaging with the data, participants deepened their understanding of how Community Notes operate and gained insights into the disinformation that circulated during the Hyogo election. Each team gave a presentation at the end of the workshop, covering topics such as:</p><ul><li>Correlation between ratings for Notes and post reach (e.g., retweets)</li><li>Timing of temporarily shown Notes</li><li>Profile analysis of users who created Notes about the Hyogo election</li><li>Creation timelines of X accounts posting pro- and anti-Saito content</li></ul><p>Many participants were first-time Tableau users, but with support from VIZZIES, they worked confidently. We received numerous inquiries about future collaboration and follow-up events, reinforcing the value and momentum of this initiative.</p><h3>All Eyes on the Upper House Election</h3><p>As the election nears, various actors are ramping up disinformation countermeasures. Several political parties have announced open-source fact-checking tools. In a departure from past elections, some newspapers have also pledged to fact-check content during the campaign — indicating a shift from the 2023 Lower House and Hyogo elections.</p><p>At the same time, monetized content, defamatory posts, and disinformation are reportedly increasing on social media. How this shapes the online discourse around the Upper House election remains a key concern.</p><p>During the election period, Code for Japan plans to provide BirdXplorer-generated data and visualizations to media outlets. These resources will help journalists identify which posts on X include Community Notes, how widely those posts are shared, and how these patterns evolve over time. By supporting evidence-based reporting, we aim to reduce the influence of misinformation and close information gaps.</p><p>If you have a Community Notes account, we encourage you to participate by writing or evaluating Notes related to the election. Your contribution can help improve the visibility and accuracy of information across social platforms.</p><p>Code for Japan is also planning to share a more insights specifically focused on the Upper House election in the near future — so please stay tuned if you’re interested in how Community Notes are being used in this context.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=837ff6f435d1" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/civic-tech-and-the-upper-house-election-responding-to-disinformation-837ff6f435d1">Civic Tech and the Upper House Election: Responding to Disinformation</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%A9%E3%81%8D%E6%96%B9-%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89-d05b78c46d2d?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <category><![CDATA[how-to]]></category>
            <category><![CDATA[civictech]]></category>
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            <category><![CDATA[g0v]]></category>
            <category><![CDATA[code-for-japan]]></category>
            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Miley Takesada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:19:15 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2021-01-20T03:19:58.539Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*YjTTMsuvnidOB5R3eGFCVQ.jpeg" /></figure><p>Code for Japan Summit 2020が10/17,18に開催されます。サミットに初めて参加する方にも活用いただきたく、Code for Allが掲載していたガイドをCode for Japan有志コントリビューターで日本語版に翻訳させていただきました。</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/a-beginners-guide-to-civic-tech-66f070599ae6">A beginner’s guide to civic tech</a></p><p><em>この文章は、 </em><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all"><em>Code for All Medium</em></a><em> の記事の日本語版です。</em></p><p>私たちが時間をかけて集めてきたいくつかのアドバイスや、グローバルなシビックテックコミュニティで活動している人々の意見を参考にして作った、この分野で活動を始めようとしている人たちを助けるためのアドバイスをご紹介します。</p><h3>Why now? - なぜ今か？</h3><p>2017年9月、壊滅的な地震がメキシコの複数の州を震撼させた後、<a href="http://disasterrelief.codeforall.org/">メキシコのシビックテックコミュニティ</a>には、<a href="http://disasterrelief.codeforall.org/">災害対応を改善するための活動</a>に協力したいというボランティアがたくさん集まりました。</p><p>今日、<a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/civic-tech-takes-on-a-pandemic-ad495afe6630">COVID-19に対するシビックテックの対応</a>への貢献に興味を持った人々が、同様に、このボランティア活動に流入してきています。</p><p>また、私たちが皆、同じような葛藤に直面している時期に、これだけ多くの、自分たちの地域社会と世界中のコミュニティの両方を改善することに興味を持っている多くの新しい人々と（オンラインで）出会うことができ、大変嬉しく思っています。</p><p>この記事は、シビックテックの領域に飛び込む人のための役に立つガイドであると同時に、参加するすべての人（それがCOVID-19のためであるかどうかには関係なく）をひろく歓迎するためのものです。</p><p>それでは、始めましょう。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*udx-gMDbAPEe7ro_oEBScA.jpeg" /></figure><h3>What exactly is civic tech? - シビックテックって具体的に何なの？</h3><p>私は人から、「何をしているの？」と聞かれるたびに、「シビックテックとは何かを、どうしたら上手く説明できるだろうか？」といつも考えています。</p><p>これまでのところ、私が会ったシビックテックが何かを知っている人は、すでにシビックテックに触れたことのある人でした。私たちコミュニティは、言葉を定義することだけでも、多くの時間を費やしてきました。ここで私は、まずシビックテックとは何かを説明するために最善を尽くしたいと思います。<br>シビックテックとは、簡単に言えば、社会にポジティブな影響を与える技術のことですが、それだけには留まりません。<br>シビック・テックとは、シビック・イノベーション・ツール（より民主的で透明性の高い、人々を中心とした政府を作るのに役立つツール）を作ることで、ツールそのものだけではなく、<a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/civic-tech-as-a-process-a-framework-for-uniting-civic-tech-organisations-d93e5f640106">そのツールが作られるまでのプロセスにも関係しています。</a></p><p>その重要な要素の一つは、例えばそのツールを使うことになる人が、そのツールの作成に関わることです。もう一つ重要な事は、それに関わる人が技術者である必要はなく、テクノロジーの知識がなくても参加できるということです。<br>私たちのグローバルなシビックテックコミュニティは、ソフトウェア開発者、ユーザーエクスペリエンスデザイナー、政府職員など、さまざまな職業や経験を持つ人々で構成されており、誰もが参加することができます。<br>すべての人を助けるツールを作るためには、多様な能力や視点が必要なため、異なるバックグラウンドや能力を持つ貢献者のつながりを持つことは、非常に貴重なことなのです。</p><p>では、ガイドに移りましょう。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*oNazjKDsVyqzSe-0GUEngQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>Another one bites the dust.</figcaption></figure><h3>How will this guide help? - このガイドはどのように役立つか？</h3><p><a href="https://civictech.guide/graveyard/">シビックテックプロジェクトの多くは失敗します</a>が、これは必ずしも悪いことではありません — 例えば、この記事の洞察のほとんどは、失敗したプロジェクトから学んだ教訓から生まれたものです。<br>失敗には常にポジティブな面もありますが、あなたが既に私達が遭遇したような落とし穴を避けるためのお手伝いをして、シビックテックの取り組みをゼロからやり始める必要がないようにしたいと思います。<br>すべてを知っているわけではありませんが、私たちが時間をかけて学んできたことをいくつかご紹介します。</p><h3>Common challenges - 共通課題</h3><h3>1. 政府と技術の間の壁</h3><ul><li>テクノロジー分野で働く人と、政府や市民社会組織（CSOs）で働く人の間には、<a href="https://blog.codeforaustralia.org/developers-are-friends-not-food-870e6aabd0be">断絶があります</a>。</li><li>テクノロジー企業には政府や市民社会組織の文脈を理解するのに困難がありますし、政府や市民社会組織は、テクノロジーに対する理解度は高くありません。</li><li>幸いなことに、シビックテック関係者の間では、<a href="https://codeforaustralia.org/tech-for-non-tech/">この誤解を和らげようとする努力</a>がなされていますが、まだ長い道のりがあります。</li></ul><h3>2. 技術が全ての答えであるという思い込み</h3><ul><li>プロジェクトが技術的な要素だけに頼っており、政治的/社会的/経済的な文脈を理解していない場合、そのプロジェクトは対象となる人々に採用されたり、使用される可能性は低いと言えます。</li><li>このような複雑な問題を解決するには技術以上のものが必要であり、テクノロジーが複雑な社会問題に対する完全な答えになることはありません。</li><li>社会的課題は高度に政治化され、複数の利害関係者が関与する傾向があります。これらの問題は非常に複雑であり、動きまわる標的のように振る舞います。問題の一部を解決したからといって、それだけで問題の全てを解決できるわけではありません。</li></ul><h3>3. プロセスではなく製品に焦点を当ててしまう</h3><ul><li>私たちは時々、シビックテックの目的が<a href="https://medium.com/code-for-america/process-vs-product-856076f7985f">アプリを作ることではなく、人々を結びつけ、彼らのニーズをより良く伝えるための選択肢を与えること</a>だということを忘れてしまいます。</li><li>プロセス全体を通して、対象となる利用者、その文脈、<a href="https://www.w3.org/WAI/">アクセシビリティ</a>に目を向けず、製品そのものだけに焦点を当ててしまうと、長期的にはテクノロジーへの不信感やダメージが大きくなってしまいます。</li><li>プロセスは、コミュニティと政府間の双方向の対話でなければなりません。</li></ul><h3>4. 役に立たない製品を作ってしまう</h3><ul><li>役に立たない製品とは、何の問題も解決していない、あるいは全く必要とされていないものです。</li><li>大抵の場合、意図は素晴らしいのですが、そのコミュニティに対して役に立たないツールを作ってしまうことがよくあります。たいていコミュニティが開発プロセスに関与していない場合に起こります。</li><li>調査によると、技術ツールを選ぶ前にユーザーリサーチを行っているシビックテック組織は少数派で、潜在的なユーザーへのユーザーテストを実施している組織はさらに少数派でした。</li></ul><h3>5. コミュニケーション不足</h3><ul><li>透明性と明確なコミュニケーションが欠如していると、ツールが公開された後に混乱を招く可能性があります。</li><li>エンドユーザーがツールが何をするのかを実際に知らなかったり、ツールの目的や人々の生活にどのような影響を与えるのかが明確でなかったりすると、ユーザーを巻き込み、ツールによって本当の意味での影響を与えることが難しくなります。</li></ul><h3>6. 山積する資金調達課題</h3><ul><li>シビックテックツールの資金調達構造は、しばしば柔軟性に欠けたり、非現実的、あるいは持続不可能なものになりがちです。</li><li>プロジェクト実施中にも発生する不確定な要素が多く、プロジェクトを設計する際に明確な予算を確保するのは容易ではありません。</li><li>また、一般的に政府の技術調達は開始日と終了日が決まっている「案件」として資金提供されることにも注意しなければなりません。これは、バグを修正したり、ユーザーからのフィードバックに応じて改善したりするためには、技術的な資金提供を継続的に受ける必要があるという現実とは一致しません。</li></ul><h3>7. 連携の弱さや不明確さ</h3><ul><li>明確なコミュニケーションや期待値、相互理解がないパートナーシップや協働は、期待値のずれや、協働の崩壊につながる可能性があります。</li></ul><h3>8. ボランティア支援の限界</h3><ul><li>シビックテックプロジェクトでは、プロジェクトに完全にコミット（責任を持って深く関わる）しないボランティアが多く見られます。多くの場合、外部の事情（普段フルタイムの仕事をしておりそちらを優先しなければならない場合など）でプロジェクトが中止されてしまいます。そのため、長期的にプロジェクトを成長させ、維持していくことが難しくなっています。</li><li>所得水準の低い国では、ボランティア活動には大きな機会費用（ボランティアに関わることで生活費を稼ぐ時間を失ってしまう）がかかります。</li></ul><h3>9. 活動の重複</h3><ul><li>既存のプロジェクトを見つけたり、参加したり、複製したりするよりも、新しいプロジェクトを始める方が簡単です。そのため、市民技術では「車輪の再発明」が多く行われています。</li><li>また、政府の手法では通常、コンポーネントの再利用や再利用のための構築は見向きもされませんので、政府との共同作業を行う場合、適切な再利用を実現するには相当な努力を要するでしょう。</li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*hPYiwh5JildoU0FKNdBnQw.jpeg" /></figure><h3>私たちが勧めること</h3><h3>1. シンプルにしよう</h3><ul><li>手順やメッセージはできる限りシンプルにしましょう。</li><li>できるかぎり専門用語を避けましょう。それができないときは、なじみのない用語を<a href="https://sidewaysdictionary.com/#/">説明する</a>ようにしてください。</li><li>できる限り多くの人々があなたのやっていることを理解し、参加できるように、物事をシンプルにしましょう。</li></ul><h3>2. 誰かの<a href="https://medium.com/organizer-sandbox/building-technology-with-not-for-communities-an-engagement-guide-for-civic-tech-b8880982e65a">ためにではなく、一緒に作る</a>こと</h3><ul><li>人々に何が必要か尋ね、デザインに参加してもらい、テクノロジーを使う能力を評価しましょう。</li><li>ツールを異なるグループで何度もテストしましょう。ユーザーが直面する可能性のある問題を特定するために、一般公開する前の早い段階でテストを行いましょう。</li><li>現場で活動している組織やコミュニティグループに焦点を当て、取り組んでいる問題の事情や背景、複雑さを理解しましょう（<a href="https://medium.com/@greggish/introducing-the-principles-of-equitable-disaster-response-89f0e2b44de9">詳しくはこちら</a>）。</li><li>しばしば抑圧されたり無視されたりする人々と関わるために特別な努力をしましょう。もっとも声を聞いてもらう必要があるのはそういった人々です。</li><li>あなたがツールを使うことができるからといって、他の人々が同じようにできると思い込まないようにしましょう。</li></ul><h3>3. 明確なパートナーシップとコラボレーション戦略を持とう</h3><ul><li>すべてのパートナーがプロジェクトに対する自分の役割、責任、貢献を最初から明確にするよう、提携の方法をを定義し、または形式化しましょう。</li><li>どのようなコラボレーションにおいても、すべての関係者が期待されていることを理解することが重要です。共同作業を始める前に、契約書や共同作業文書に期待することを記載しておくと良いでしょう。</li><li><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FHEUV7sfRihWiuVs_Vrlvdm64AUZ5cqKg4c6eR-fW_I/edit?usp=sharing">これはコラボレーションドキュメントの例</a>であり、<a href="https://codeforaustralia.org/">Code for Australia</a>が（私たち）<a href="https://codeforall.org/">Code for All</a>とのコラボレーションに関して作成したものです。</li></ul><h3>4. 他者から学ぼう</h3><ul><li>開発された<a href="https://statusboard.brigade.cloud/#/topics">同様のツールを探索し</a>、過去の経験と現場でコラボレーションした人々から新しく学んだことを統合しましょう。</li><li>プロセスを繰り返し、適応させることが鍵です。できる限り既製のツールを使って製品を構築しましょう。</li><li><a href="https://slack.codeforall.org/">Code for All Slack</a>にアクセスし、アドバイスやリソースを提供してくれるかもしれない世界中の人や<a href="https://codeforall.org/members">国内の人</a>を見つけましょう。</li></ul><h3>5. 誰も見捨てないこと</h3><ul><li>ツールを作成する間に取り残される可能性のあるすべての異なるグループのことを考えましょう。認識が鍵です。</li><li>すべての市民（および外国人や滞在者）を会話に参加させるための強力な戦略を開発しましょう。コミュニケーションが鍵です。</li><li>ツールとテクノロジーの社会化とリテラシーが必要です。</li><li>人々がいる場所で出会い、コミュニティのレベルに合わせて手を差し伸べることが重要です（例えば、コミュニティのメンバーにGitHubのような技術的プラットフォームを使って話をするように求めないこと）。</li><li>すべての人々がデジタル空間にいるわけではないことを忘れないようにしましょう。オンラインでの取り組みをオフラインの戦略で補完し、人々がプロセスに参加できるようにしましょう。</li></ul><h3>6. 資金調達は長期的に考え柔軟に対応しよう</h3><ul><li>予算を作るときには、長期的に起こりうるすべての要素、外部要因や追加的な変化を考慮しましょう。</li><li>柔軟な資金調達戦略を作り、常に資金提供者と交渉できるようにしましょう。</li><li>持続的で十分な資金がない場合は、新しいツールを使い始めないようにしましょう。</li></ul><h3>7. 誰にどんなことをしてもらいたいのか明確にしよう</h3><ul><li>そのプロジェクトであなたが果たすべき役割を把握・定義し、参加者は流動的であることを理解しておきましょう。</li><li>「だれもが技術的視点を持つ」という前提に立ちましょうーコラボレーション、ユーザーエンゲージメント、小規模で定期的にテスト可能な環境をつくる事が、スキルや経験よりも重要だという考え方を持ちましょう。</li></ul><h3>8. 常に適用していくこと</h3><ul><li>多くのシビックテックツールは、ローカルな市場向けに作られた新しいアプリケーションであるため、一般の人々がどのように反応するかを予測するのは難しいです。</li><li>創造的にユーザーのフィードバックを収集し、定期的に収集し、それに耳を傾ける方法を考え、必要な変更を行いましょう。</li></ul><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*3IWU7runNMos5juWT_nVqQ.jpeg" /></figure><h3>さらに前へ</h3><p>シビックテックの世界の素晴らしさでもあり、時にフラストレーションでもあることの一つは、仕事に終わりがないことです。複雑な社会問題に取り組むことになると、常に学ぶべきことややるべきことが増えていきます。上記の情報は、始めるための足がかりに過ぎず、今後も継続して取り組んでいき、追加し、適応させていきます。<br>シビックテックを始めようとしている人たちに何かアイデアやアドバイスがあれば、ぜひ<a href="https://slack.codeforall.org/">Code for All Slack</a> の議論や <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16v43e9FQfcvQSgGkYpO76cXvv0WyLJFllYZfBYpX4fg/edit">このドキュメントの編集</a> を通じて教えてください。その他の参考情報は、<a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/repost-7-tips-for-civic-tech-organising-no-matter-where-you-live-a005f66cd757">この記事</a>や<a href="http://civicpatterns.org/">こちら</a>、または<a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/the-heroes-of-tech-and-the-lessons-they-learned-6755a03fcbc5">こちら</a>をチェックしてください。<br>そして、もしあなたが女性でシビックテックの世界に飛び込んでいるのであれば、<a href="https://blog.codeforaustralia.org/to-the-women-of-civic-tech-f5961fd1eda2">とても素晴らしいGrace O’Haraの洞察</a>を読んでみてください。ここで挙げたコンセプトに対し、時間をかけて貢献してくれた人たちに感謝の意を表します:</p><p>Lina Patel, Alvaro Maz, Lia Milito, Christopher Whitaker, Khairil Yusof, Sheba Najmi, Micah Sifry, Krzysztof Madejski, Laurenellen McCann, Grace O’Hara, Carl V. Lewis, Adriana Spulber, Lynn Fine, Greg Bloom, Matt Sawkill, Sofía Corona, Kelly Halseth</p><p>いかがでしたか？</p><p>10月はCode for Japan Summit(1年に1度)が、12月には台湾のg0v Summit(2年に1度)が開催されます。7月には台湾のg0v、韓国のCode for Korea、私たちCode for JapanのメンバーもいくつかのセッションでCode for All summit 2020のセッションでも私たちの取り組みについて話しました。</p><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/the-summit-that-wasnt-the-summit-that-was-9afc66fb91b0">The Summit that wasn’t &amp; the Summit that was</a></p><p>実際にここに書いてあることは、わかっていても実践が難しいことや、困難に直面したときに余裕がなくなるとできなくなってしまいそうなことも掲げられています。</p><p>それを諦めず、みんなで少しずつ、前を向いてチャレンジし続けていくこと、失敗してもまたそれを互いに共有しながら励まし合って取り組んでいくこと、お互いに敬意を持って接しながらコミュニティを枯らさず大切にしていくことが、まず一歩私たちができることでもあります。</p><p><a href="https://cfj.slack.com/">Code for JapanのSlack</a>には現在4,000人近い参加者(コントリビューター)が入ってくれています。みんなで挑めばできることは沢山あるはず。まず参加して、自分の関心ごとに近いプロジェクトや、それに興味を持って取り組んでいる仲間との出会いを体験してみてください。</p><p>あなたの参加を楽しみにお待ちしています！</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=d05b78c46d2d" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%93%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%A9%E3%81%8D%E6%96%B9-%E3%82%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89-d05b78c46d2d">シビックテックの歩き方(ガイド)</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kazuki Jinnouchi]]></dc:creator>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yoshida Yuko-san from CODE for IKOMA, who works as a graphic recorder at events. Working as a freelance illustrator while raising her children, how did Yoshida-san come across CODE for IKOMA and what is her thought on the project? We’ve talked to her to find out.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/500/1*14S8poYUV0QqKI6_FldGLQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>CODE for IKOMA Yoshida Yuko-san</figcaption></figure><h3>Start an activity with graphic recording</h3><h4>Please tell us what made you decide to start the activity at CODE for IKOMA.</h4><p>In 2018, there was a workshop about graphic recording held by CODE for IKOMA in the neighborhood.I’ve been interested in graphic recording for a long time. It was really fresh and interesting so after participating I wanted to try more.I asked Sato-san, the president of CODE for IKOMA, who I met in the workshop, to introduce me to someone who are looking for a graphic recorder.Even though we hadn’t met before (laugh), Sato-san introduced many people to me.This is how I started the activity with CODE for IKOMA.</p><h4>How long have you known about CODE for IKOMA?</h4><p>I knew about CODE for IKOMA before I joined the graphic recording workshop.I knew it existed, because I found it in the Ikoma city’s PR magazine and I’m a user of a smartphone App “4919 for Ikoma” (<a href="http://4919.jp/">http://4919.jp</a>) created by CODE for IKOMA when my children were in elementary school.At the time, I had an image that it was a group of engineers, but when I actually joined, it wasn’t like that, and I felt like anyone and everyone was welcomed.</p><h3>Activities in CODE for IKOMA</h3><h4>What were the deciding factors for joining CODE for IKOMA?</h4><p>I didn’t write a specific membership form or anything like that. Since I joined the Facebook group, I knew when and where the regular meetings were going to be held, so I started going regularly and felt like I was a normal member.</p><h4>So you started attending regular meetings on an ongoing basis.</h4><p>Yes, there were a lot of new people I don’t usually interact with, and it was refreshing and incredibly interesting to see how completely different this community is from the ones I’ve joined before When I think of the company at that time, we had more female colleagues. So everything was interesting and exciting to work with male colleagues. Most of them were engineers, but there were also designers and students. At the last “International Open Data Day”, a lot of students made presentation about their projects, and it’s interesting to see that kind of thing as well. I like the fact that the CODE for IKOMA people create something for others, instead of enjoying by themselves. Of course, I think creating something itself is also fun.</p><h4>Please tell us about the activities in CODE for IKOMA</h4><p>There are regular meetings every month, each with a report on an activity or theme, or a guest. Like the “Use of Twitter for Disaster Preparedness” (<a href="https://www.code4ikoma.org/?p=389">https://www.code4ikoma.org/?p=389</a>) project that I was involved in, it’s not like anyone told us to do it. The discussion heated up with the guest talk and we started the project spontaneously.</p><h4>It’s a project that started up spontaneously.</h4><p>We work tirelessly on a project because we found something interesting instead of doing something for others.There’s an atmosphere of “let’s do it” rather than ”let’s think about it and figure it out later”</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*r7iKQGRKWB_tn-hMMpfU-Q.jpeg" /></figure><h3>CivicTech not only with Tech</h3><h4>What activity do you have in CODE for IKOMA, Yoshida-san?</h4><p>I usually draw and facilitate graphic recording in regular meetings and events.My project “utilizing Twitter in a disaster” was a project to encourage people to use Twitter, telling them to “tweet with common hashtags in emergencies to share information quickly. I collaborated with a professional designer to create a flyer. We collaborated to create a flyer and published it as open information to make it easy to use in other regions not only in Ikoma. I made a presentation about data sharing in the lastInternational Open Data Day.</p><h4>Could you elaborate more about your presentation?</h4><p>The title was “How to control anger and stay calm when dealing with children”. I think parents often say their children“Don’t do this!”in many situations. It might be easy way for them to tell their children to behave properly and not do the wrong thing. However, I suggested talking with their children by graphic recording, what they shouldn’t do and what they should do.What I wanted to convey was that children and parents would enjoy conversations better by using a graphic record because it has pictures and sign, and it will result in good discussion and collaboration with children, instead of ordering them around. I didn’t feel like my presentation was about technology at all even though it was in the International Open Data Day.</p><h4>Non-tech people are also active!</h4><p>I’m a person who is working on topics that are not tech at all in CODE for IKOMA, while tech industries are growing(laughs). Focusing on tech too much might drive people to think only engineers can join. In fact, there are engineers, designers, and people like me who work on things aren’t related to technology. We welcome all different types of people, including non-tech people and locals.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/639/1*AQ55EX2W0E_k7H9kVvOAyA.jpeg" /></figure><h3>What’s it like to work with Civic Tech</h3><h4>What is CivicTech for Yoshida san?</h4><p>I understand Code for Japan and their partners (we call them “Brigade”) would like to promote civic engagement with Tech.I’m not a really techy person, but at least for me, I don’t think promoting Civic Tech is common value. I believe our way of thinking are more relaxing and natural. Organizing tech people and developing something useful is only a part of the purpose in this activity of CODE for IKOMA. When we work on Civic Tech project, the roles of non-tech people are important. For example, people cheering up others, people supporting others, designers, etc. I enjoy activities in CODE for IKOMA and keep a good balance between work and family life.</p><h4>What’s your activity schedule like?</h4><p>We planned a workshop to discuss about “What should be the future of Ikoma city?”, but it was postponed due to COVID-19.As I felt this workshop was important for CODE for IKOMA to consider our future plan,I was so disappointed that it was postponed. However, starting again after COVID-19 might be good a chance for a fresh perspective.</p><h4>What is your hope for future, for both yourself and other members?</h4><p>I want to have fun.<br>If I say, “I can’t do this” and give up, then I’ll never be able to do it. So, I want to try doing things that I did not do, and want to gain experience and learn new skills. I also think that experience and skill is something to be acquired through practice without hesitations.Regarding CODE for IKOMA, I like this city and I want to live here forever, so I want this activity to be not only for a just some people, but for all of citizens in Ikoma, all 120,000people.Of course we enjoy by ourselves, but I think we should care about other people outside of CODE for IKOMA.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*-G4kChLhuceauWJxzuI6lg.jpeg" /></figure><h4>CODE for IKOMA</h4><p>Code for IKOMA is a community conducting activity for resolving issues, and sending information from, Ikoma in Nara and all of Nara prefecture. Not only engineers, but also designers, planners and other volunteers participate in this community.<br>Web site: <a href="https://www.code4ikoma.org/">https://www.code4ikoma.org/</a><br>Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/code4ikoma">https://www.facebook.com/code4ikoma</a></p><h3>Special Thanks</h3><p>This article was translated by a volunteer member of Rakuten, Inc.<br>Thank you, Tomohito Nakayama and Yiwen Li.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=6aaee89fda85" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/civictech-does-not-start-with-tech-yoshida-yuko-san-from-code-for-ikoma-6aaee89fda85">CivicTech does not start with Tech: Yoshida Yuko-san from CODE for IKOMA</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[DEVELOPMENT OF TOKYO METROPOLITAN’S NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) COUNTERMEASURES SITE]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/development-of-tokyo-metropolitans-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-countermeasures-site-b982edae61d?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kazuki Jinnouchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2020 01:49:01 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2020-04-02T05:39:59.076Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>~ EXPANDING NATIONWIDE THROUGH OPEN SOURCE~</p><p>Code for Japan (Founder and director: Haruyuki Seki), a general incorporated association which helps local governments and communities throughout Japan address their issues through Information Technology (IT), was commissioned to develop the official site for Tokyo Metropolitan’s novel coronavirus countermeasures.</p><p>Since the public launch of the site on March 3rd, it has had over 1 million views per day, helping disseminate information to many people.</p><p>The source code of the site, which displays the latest information and trends of infections in Tokyo Metropolitan areas, has been made available as open source.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*BNnWS7DRZtzHdDKH" /></figure><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/">TOKYO METROPOLITAN’S NOVEL CORONAVIRUS COUNTERMEASURES SITE</a></p><h3>User-Friendly Design</h3><p>The latest information related to the coronavirus outbreak inside Tokyo Metropolitan areas is presented simply and effectively, such as through the use of graphs, making it easier for people to understand. Furthermore, users are easily able to find the information they are looking for since the consultation desk and relevant information isare clearly defined for each case.</p><h3>Open Data, Open Source</h3><p>Tokyo MetropolitanMetroplitan has released the data such as the ones used in the graphs publicly via Open Data, allowing anyone to utilize it.</p><p>Furthermore, the source code used in the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s website is now available as open -source to the public to be used freely (※1). This can be used for creating coronavirus countermeasure websites beyond just for Tokyo, with approximately 30 organizations such as local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Taiwan already creating their sites based on the source code (※2).</p><h3>Open to Suggestions</h3><p>To provide a user-friendly site with accurate information related to the novel coronavirus, there was support provided by over 100 volunteers, including IT professionals, designers, and researchers.</p><p>Also, with the cooperation from local governments and IT communities, the setting up of different versions of this website within days has been made possible.</p><h3>Message from Mr. Seki, the founder and directorRepresentative Director of Code for Japan</h3><p>This website created by Tokyo Metropolitan was set up in a way so that there would not be great effort required from local governments and developers. As infrastructure costs have been minimized, large effort should not be required for future maintenance as well.</p><p>As for Code for Japan, not only are we cooperating with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and sharing accurate data on the coronavirus, we have also opened the source code and are cooperating with different local governments to make it an even better system to be used nationwide. We sincerely hope the source code and data can be used effectively by both public and private sectors.</p><h3>Inquiries</h3><p>· For Local Government Organizations</p><p>Local government organizations who are interested in our project, please submit your inquiries to info@code4japan.org. Please note that those which require urgent countermeasures to the coronavirus will be prioritized, so there may be a delay in our response.</p><p>· For Engineers and Designers</p><p>If you are interested in Civic Tech, please join Code for Japan’s Slack channel (※3)</p><p>（※１）<a href="https://github.com/tokyo-metropolitan-gov/covid19/">https://github.com/tokyo-metropolitan-gov/covid19/</a></p><p>（※２）Websites known to Code for Japan. For details, please contact the administrators of each site directly.</p><p>● Hokkaido version (developed by JUST道IT)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.hokkaido.dev/">https://stopcovid19.hokkaido.dev/</a></p><p>● Fukushima Prefecture version (developed by volunteers from GDG Fukushima)</p><p><a href="https://fukushima-covid19.firebaseapp.com/">https://fukushima-covid19.firebaseapp.com/</a></p><p>● Gunma Prefecture version (developed by volunteers from the National Institute of Technology, Gunma College)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19-gunma.netlify.com/">https://stopcovid19-gunma.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Saitama Prefecture version (developed by Code for TODA)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.e-toda.jp/">https://stopcovid19.e-toda.jp/</a></p><p>● Chiba Prefecture version (developed by Civic Tech Zen Chiba)</p><p><a href="https://covid19.civictech.chiba.jp/">https://covid19.civictech.chiba.jp/</a></p><p>● Chiba Prefecture version (developed by local region information site MY PLACE♪MY PLEASURE: partner-mypl.net)</p><p><a href="https://chiba-covid19.mypl.net/">https://chiba-covid19.mypl.net/</a></p><p>● Chiba city version (developed by Code for Chiba)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.code4chiba.org/">https://stopcovid19.code4chiba.org/</a></p><p>● Kanagawa Prefecture version (official site of Kanagawa Prefecture)</p><p><a href="https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/1369/">https://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/osirase/1369/</a></p><p>● Niigata Prefecture version (developed by Code for Niigata)</p><p><a href="https://niigata.stopcovid19.jp/">https://niigata.stopcovid19.jp/</a></p><p>● Niigata Prefecture version (developed by volunteers）</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19-niigata-unofficial.netlify.com/">https://stopcovid19-niigata-unofficial.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Fukui Prefecture version (developed by Tannan CATV Media Strategy Office: www.t-catv.co.jp）</p><p><a href="https://covid19-fukui.bosai-signal.jp/">https://covid19-fukui.bosai-signal.jp/</a></p><p>● Yamanashi Prefecture version (developed by volunteers）</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.yamanashi.dev/">https://stopcovid19.yamanashi.dev/</a></p><p>● Nagano Prefecture version (developed by volunteers）</p><p><a href="https://stop-covid19-nagano.netlify.com/">https://stop-covid19-nagano.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Gifu Prefecture version (developed by volunteers）</p><p><a href="https://covid19-gifu.netlify.com/">https://covid19-gifu.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Aichi Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.code4.nagoya/">https://stopcovid19.code4.nagoya/</a></p><p>● Mie Prefecture version (developed by volunteer students from technical colleges in Mie)</p><p><a href="https://covid19-mie.netlify.com/">https://covid19-mie.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Kyoto Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19-kyoto.netlify.com/">https://stopcovid19-kyoto.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Oosaka Prefecture official version (developed by Code for Osaka)</p><p><a href="http://covid19-osaka.info/">http://covid19-osaka.info/</a></p><p>● Hyogo Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://stop-covid19-hyogo.org/">https://stop-covid19-hyogo.org/</a></p><p>● Nara Prefecture version (developed by Code for Nara, Code for Yamatokoriyama, Code for Ikoma)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.code4nara.org/">https://stopcovid19.code4nara.org/</a></p><p>● Okayama Prefecture version (developed by volunteer students)</p><p><a href="https://covid19-okayama.netlify.com/">https://covid19-okayama.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Yamaguchi Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://yamaguchi.stopcovid19.jp/">https://yamaguchi.stopcovid19.jp/</a></p><p>● Kagawa Prefecture version (developed by volunteer students)</p><p><a href="https://covid19-kagawa.netlify.com/">https://covid19-kagawa.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Ehime Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://ehime-covid19.com/">https://ehime-covid19.com/</a></p><p>● Kochi Prefecture version (developed by volunteer students)</p><p><a href="https://covid19-okayama.netlify.com/">https://covid19-okayama.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Fukuoka city version (developed by Code for Fukuoka)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.codeforfukuoka.org/">https://stopcovid19.codeforfukuoka.org/</a></p><p>● Saga Prefecture version (developed by Code for Saga)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.code4saga.org/">https://stopcovid19.code4saga.org/</a></p><p>● Nagasaki Prefecture version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19-nagasaki.netlify.com/">https://stopcovid19-nagasaki.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Kumamoto Prefecture version (developed by Code for Kumamoto)</p><p><a href="https://stop-covid19-kumamoto.netlify.com/">https://stop-covid19-kumamoto.netlify.com/</a></p><p>● Taiwan version (developed by volunteers)</p><p><a href="https://stopcovid19.pichuchen.tw/ja">https://stopcovid19.pichuchen.tw/ja</a></p><p>（※３）<a href="https://cfjslackin.herokuapp.com/">https://cfjslackin.herokuapp.com/</a></p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=b982edae61d" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/development-of-tokyo-metropolitans-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-countermeasures-site-b982edae61d">DEVELOPMENT OF TOKYO METROPOLITAN’S NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) COUNTERMEASURES SITE</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <title><![CDATA[Tech for Non-Tech in 仙台]]></title>
            <link>https://medium.com/code-for-japan/tech-for-non-tech-in-%E4%BB%99%E5%8F%B0-c93456d1ebcd?source=rss----4eeb99bc13bb---4</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[HIROMI　HAGIWARA]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 04 Feb 2020 02:27:57 GMT</pubDate>
            <atom:updated>2020-02-04T12:12:10.027Z</atom:updated>
            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>INTILAQ東北イノベーションセンター × Code for Sendai × Code for Japan</h4><p>2020年1月25日に、宮城県仙台市の<a href="https://intilaq.jp/">INTILAQ東北イノベーションセンター</a>でCode for Japanの公式2回目となるTech for Non-tech（以下、T4NT）を開催しました。仙台開催ということで、運営では<a href="https://code4sendai.org/">Code for Sendai</a>の皆さん(佐藤里麻さん、高橋そのみさん)にもサポートしていただきました。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*pVFRanmCoQvUCHtW" /><figcaption>INTILAQの素敵な階段教室で集合写真</figcaption></figure><p>「T4NTとは？」と思ったあなたはこちらの記事をどうぞ。<br><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/t4nt-handover2019-1-f57380f5d970"><em>国を超えて助け合う、Civic techコミュニティの国際連携</em></a><em><br>公式初開催の岡山大学での様子はこちらから<br></em><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-all/tech-for-non-tech-in-okayama-japan-c0482cb5f94d"><em>Tech for Non-Tech in Okayama, Japan</em></a></p><p>簡単にいうと、文字通りノンテックの人（ITに馴染みのない方）に向けたテック（プログラマーやシステムエンジニア等のITの専門家、ITの専門用語や業界用語）に対処するためのヒントを学ぶワークショップです。</p><p>今回は専門家にCode for Japan代表の関治之さん、ホストファシリテーター明主那生さん、技術ファシリテーター萩原というメインメンバーに加えて、ワーク参加でCode for Japan理事の小泉勝志郎さん(<a href="https://www.facebook.com/CodeForShiogama">Code for Shiogama</a>)、今後の地元開催を希望するブリゲードから奥村美佳さん（通称おくみかさん、<a href="https://codeforkusatsu.org/">Code for Kusatsu</a> ）、佐賀大学の堀良彰先生（<a href="https://code4saga.org/">Code for Saga</a>）のお二人にもお越しいただきました。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*J_lDRK4iHRAN9iF2" /><figcaption>仙台駅にて（左からおくみかさん、明主さん、堀先生、関さん、萩原、小泉さん）</figcaption></figure><p>この記事ではワークショップデザインとプロジェクトマネジメントを担当している萩原から、初参加のおくみかさんと堀先生へのインタビューを通して、日本版T4NTの魅力についてお伝えします。</p><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>関西のおくみかさんや九州の堀先生へ「仙台での開催にいらっしゃいませんか？」というのも唐突感があったと思うのですが、応えていただきありがとうございました。<br>お二人のおかげで賑やかな出張イベントになりました。</p><p>関さんや私が東京在住の感覚でうっかり日帰りで計画してしまいましたが、よく考えたらメインメンバーの明主さんは関西在住。<br>オンラインで連絡をとりあってプログラムをつくりあげてきたので、距離の感覚があまりなくて・・・。</p><p>堀先生は一泊されたようですが、日帰りに巻き込まれてしまったおくみかさんは仙台を楽しめましたか？</p><p><strong>おくみかさん：</strong><br>関西からの日帰り仙台、魂的には大丈夫でしたが肉体的には無理・・・、というか自分の年齢25歳が自称だったことを思い出しました（笑）<br>帰りの便まで時間がなかったので、お昼に牛タン弁当をいただきました。仙台駅は初めてだったのですが、牛タンの焼けるいい匂いがしていました。<br>私はごく普通の主婦なので、国内線の飛行機に一人で乗るのも初めてでドキドキしていましたが、なおちゃん（明主さん）がいてくれたのでスムーズに移動できました。</p><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>ホカホカが楽しめる牛タン弁当でしたね！<br>私は会社勤めですが出張する機会があまりないので、移動については同じ感覚です。普段の生活ではあまりしないことに挑戦したり、各地を訪れる機会が多いのもCode for のいいところですね。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/960/0*q3d0j8cPYWGTHcCA" /><figcaption>関西から仙台へはpeachが便利なようです</figcaption></figure><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>行き帰りのお話だけで記事が一本書けてしまいそうですが、ここからT4NTのお話をうかがっていきますね。</p><h4><strong>このワークショップに関心を持ったきっかけは？</strong></h4><p><strong>おくみかさん：</strong><br>私はテック系団体のCode for Kusatsuを地元でやっていますが、自分自身がノンテックということと、私の周りにいる人たちはノンテックだけど、その人たちとテックの橋渡しの一つとなるワークショップかも！？とわくわくしたからですね。</p><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>わくわくの直感は大事ですね！<br>私はT4NTがきっかけでCode for Japanに関わり始めましたが、はじめて関さんと面談した時に「わくわくできそうですか？」と聞かれたのを思い出しました。<br>そして、「ともに考え、ともにつくる」ための土台となる共通言語や共通認識を育む大切さやアプローチをとりあげているので、そこに関心を持っていただけたのはうれしいです。</p><p><strong>堀先生：</strong><br>2019年2月に佐賀大学で「Brigade Meetup 2019 in 九州」を開催しましたが、その際に関さんからT4NTについて紹介があり興味を持ちました。</p><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>だいたい1年前ということで、オーストラリア、南アフリカ、日本との3か国exchangeプログラムが動き出す位のタイミングですね。そのような頃から関心を持っていただき、仙台で日本版T4NTに参加していただけたのは感慨深いです。</p><p><strong>堀先生：</strong><br>私は佐賀大学で一般教養教育科目を担当しています。全学部の学生対象で「情報メディアと倫理」等の情報科学・工学分野の科目を担当しているというのも興味を持った背景の一つです。<br>佐賀大学は生涯学習や地域貢献にも力を入れているので、そのような大学のミッションをワークショップとからめることができないかとも考えています。</p><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>当初はＮＰＯ等の非営利団体がＩＴを活用するための導入ワークショップを想定して日本版T4NTをデザインしてきたので、大学等の教育関係者から関心をもっていただけるのは嬉しい誤算です。</p><h4>グループワークとレゴブロックの作品</h4><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>ワークショップは前半には講義もありますが、T4NTの魅力は後半のグループワークとレゴブロックの作品を介した参加者同士や専門家の対話にあると感じています。<br>気になるＩＴ用語を一つ選んで、参加者の皆さんの経験や知識をもとにもう少しイメージしやすいものにたとえてレゴブロックで作品を作るという流れですが、たとえる際のフレームワークに次のような大喜利を利用しているのは日本版ならではです。</p><h4>文章の一覧</h4><ul><li>「ホスティング」とかけて「ホストクラブ」ととく、その心はどちらも「欲しい時に利用できる」</li><li>「OODA」とかけて「オルタナティブ教育（の教室）」ととく、その心はどちらも「生きる力を養う」</li><li>「JavaScript」とかけて「上司からの業務命令」ととく、その心はどちらも「絶対に従わなければなりません」</li><li>「コーディング」とかけて「庭師見習い」ととく、その心はどちらも「指示書がないとできません」</li><li>「量子コンピューター」とかけて「千手観音」ととく、その心はどちも「同時にたくさん計算ができます」</li></ul><h4>グループで作品を作り上げていく過程でのエピソードは？</h4><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/925/1*HMnImtJIZG3MO9Og56WmTQ.jpeg" /><figcaption>アイスブレイクで行う自己紹介。似ている動物はセイウチ♡</figcaption></figure><p><strong>おくみかさん：</strong><br>私の入ったグループの共通項はノンテックであることでした。それ以外は男女混合、職種様々、私に至っては一人県外からの参加とバラエティーに富んでいました。<br>そのため誰かが引っ張ってまとめるというよりは、ノンテックな者同士、世間一般に認識されている言葉の中から探していった感じです。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*lkwKkhQbQUDpJ109" /><figcaption>全員の手がレゴに…</figcaption></figure><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>誰かが押し切るとか、お互いに遠慮しあうという感じもなく、終始わきあいあいの雰囲気が伝わってきました。</p><h4>未知と既知がつながる瞬間</h4><p><strong>おくみかさん：</strong><br>私たちのグループは「ホスティング」を選んだのですが、調べてみれば言っていることは確かに分かる。けれど、「ホスティング」の意味のうち「必要なサービスを外部に借りに行く、自分たちで選べる」という点に注目して「ホストクラブ」という他の状況「癒しを外部の施設にあるサービスに求める、自分で好きなホストを選べる」に置き換えるとさらに親近感がわきました。<br>それが一番印象に残っていますね。<br>あ、別にホストクラブに通ってはいるわけではありません（笑）</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*SYuc73RLk5uvSWRP" /><figcaption>ホスティングとかけてホストクラブととく、その心はどちらも欲しい時に利用できる</figcaption></figure><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>最初はダジャレかと思いました（笑）<br>でも、何よりワークを楽しむというのは大事ですし、最終的には深い解説に結びついていて流石でした。</p><p>堀先生のところは「OODA」とかけて「オルタナティブ教育（の教室）」ととくでしたね。午前中のビジネスコンテストでオルタナティブ教育を提案されていた方がメンバーにいましたが、どのようなディスカッションを経てOODAからオルタナティブ教育に辿りついたのでしょうか。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*rKJnUFVBD4nFSYuz" /><figcaption>OODAとかけてオルタナティブ教育（の教室）ととく、その心はどちらも生きる力を養う</figcaption></figure><p><strong>堀先生：</strong><br>OODA（※１）に関してはほとんどの方が深く理解した状況ではなかったようでしたが、PDCA（※２）との比較から、そもそも「Ｐの計画って難しいよね」と教育の話題へと話が広がったことで。メンバーの経験や活動とつなげて本質的な理解へと至りました。</p><p>※１ OODA：Observe 観る, Orient わかる, Decide 決める, Act 動く<br>※２ PDCA：Plan 計画, Do 実行, Check 評価, Action 改善</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*tMNUM0J8FLZ3Da9J" /><figcaption>気になったＩＴ用語の意味を調べる</figcaption></figure><p>具体的なエピソードとしては、初等・中等教育における学習指導要領はＰにあたるが、「個々の生徒は多様なのですべてにあてはめるのは限界があるよね」という意見が出たり、そこから「個々の生徒をしっかり観察し、対応していくことが、OODAのObservation-Orient-に相当する！」という気づきがあって、午前中にプレゼン（※３）した伊藤真結さんのオルタナティブ教育との関連付けとなりました。</p><p>※３ 当日の午前中には<a href="https://www.social-ignition.net/2019">Social×Tech Contest（Social Innovtion Acceleratorの NTTドコモ社向けプレゼンテーション）</a>がありました</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*RYsQ0RCIyg-YJ-nE" /><figcaption>Social×Tech Contestの様子</figcaption></figure><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>レゴ作品で左にPDCAの従来教育の教室を配置したのもわかりやすかったです。<br>関さんは堀先生のグループの横で「単語の意味を理解するのに苦戦しているな・・・」と見ていたそうなのですが、OODAとオルタナティブ教育がつながった瞬間に居合わせて「鳥肌がたった！」と言っていましたね。しかも、伊藤真結さんからではなく、プレゼンを聞いていた他のメンバーからの気づきでつながっていったというのも面白いと思いました。</p><h4>他の作品に学ぶこと</h4><p><strong>萩原：</strong><br>最後にすべての作品を共有して「座布団一枚！」のシールを参加者同士で貼り合ってもらいましたが、お二人から見て他のグループで印象的な作品はありましたか。</p><p><strong>おくみかさん：<br></strong>「JavaScript」のグループですね。言葉は知っていましたけど、具体的にどんな性質をもって何をするものなのか、まったく知らなかったので分かり易いたとえでした。<br>あとは「コーディング」のグループで、庭の花壇や花という要素が、HTMLというフレームを表現しているという解説に納得している人が多かったのを見て、言葉だけでなくレゴブロックで形にするのは理解を促す良い効果があると思いました。</p><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>「JavaScript」と「コーディング」の作品は、たとえたものや説明も異なりますが、レゴ作品を見比べたときに、どちらも紙を持った人からはじまるような構図が共通しているのも面白いと思いました。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*9GmGb7YUbNqxKPig" /><figcaption>JavaScriptとかけて上司からの業務命令ととく、その心はどちらも絶対に従わなければなりません</figcaption></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*wcQNpHcm1z8GC6HN" /><figcaption>コーディングとかけて庭師見習いととく、その心はどちらも指示書がないとできません</figcaption></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*Mme-cQj_ETb6yOCZ" /><figcaption>量子コンピューターとかけて千手観音ととく、その心はどちらも同時にたくさん計算ができます</figcaption></figure><p><strong>堀先生：<br></strong>「量子コンピューター」は、千手観音（？）のレゴ作品が印象に残りました。<br>「JavaScript」と業務命令に関しては、JavaScript の実行完了の非同期さ、必ずしも文の記述順序と、それらの実行終了順序は同じでないことを僕は連想しました。</p><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>JavaScriptに人間らしさを感じますね。</p><p>おくみかさんや堀先生のグループは最初にひらめいたアイディアをどんどんカタチにしていった印象がありますが、「量子コンピューター」や「コーディング」のグループは当初作った作品とは異なるものになっていました。</p><p>「量子コンピューター」を扱ったグループでは「冷たい、重ねられる」というハード的な特徴をとらえて当初「氷の座布団」をレゴで表現していましたが、最終的には同時にたくさん計算できるという機能を千手観音で表現することにしたようです。<br>レゴ作品には組み直した苦労が垣間見えましたね。</p><p>また、コーデイングを扱ったグループでは当初「家を建てる」ことを表現していましたが、「家を建てたいとだけ言われてもどんな家かわからないよね」というメンバーの発言から「どれくらいの大きさ？どんな壁紙？」等のやり取りを通して、もう少し小さく詳細に表現できる「庭」をテーマに「どんな庭にしたいかの指示書」とそれを作る「庭師見習い」の関係で「コーディング」を表現してました。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*LTxmONsXjcCHty8l" /><figcaption>コーディング：最初は家を建てるで検討</figcaption></figure><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*yCBfSMaFWOOlzpeY" /><figcaption>コーディング：周りとの対話で深い意味付けに</figcaption></figure><p>グループによっては細かい意味付けはファシリテーターとの対話を通して後から閃いていくものかもしれませんが、そこにレゴ作品があることで可能になることだと思います。<br>グループによってワークの経緯も作品も異なるので、私も毎回、個性的な作品やそこに垣間見える皆さんの物語に出会えるのが楽しみなんですよ。</p><h4>体験して感じたこと、気づいたこと</h4><p><strong>おくみかさん：<br></strong>最初はもっと、テックのお勉強をしてテックに詳しくなるためのイベントだと思っていましたが、自分たちのフィールドにテックが来てくれた感覚がとても楽しかったです。<br>このワークショップを通して、テックやテックに関わる人をなんだかよくわからないもの、よくわからない人ではなくなんだか楽しそうなものだと感じてくれる人は多いのではないでしょうか。<br>あと、どのワークショップもそうなんですが、参加して楽しいのはよいとして、「その時楽しんで終わり」だともったいないと思います。さらにその先のステップへの提示として、実際に学びたいときはこんなのがあるよ的な道案内があるとなおうれしいです。</p><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>日本版T4NTのワークショップデザインではアナログな感じを大事にしているのでとてもうれしい感想をありがとうございます。</p><p>そして、次につながるステップの提示は今後取り組みたいところなので、今回は講義で紹介したノンコーディングでプログレッシブウェブアプリが作れるGlide等、自然と作り手になれるようなツールや講座、プロジェクトに参加者の皆さんをつなげていければと思います。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/143/0*OU_D1bFam1Ixl301" /><figcaption>ノンコーディングで作成したアプリ</figcaption></figure><p>Glideは「誰もが動くものの作り手になれることを示したい」という声に<a href="https://codefor.tokyo/">Code for Tokyo</a>の矢崎裕一さんからご紹介いただきました。各ブリゲードには様々な分野の専門家がいらっしゃるので、皆さんからのアドバイスも取り入れてよりよいものにしていきたいです。</p><p><strong>堀先生：<br></strong>業界用語への詳しさは個々のご経験に拠っているので、ある語句に関してテック寄りのポジションにある方が、別の語句もテック 寄りと限らない。テックとノンテックは連続体（スペクトラム）で広がりがあるなあということを改めて意識しました。<br>個々の参加者の各々の経験に基づいた、ある語句の一面を表す表現は、参加者が増えるほど多様となり、改めてその語句自体や関連することを思考するきっかけとなることを感じました。<br>そういう点で、テック寄りの方も存分に楽しめるイベントと考えます。</p><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>テック寄りの方も存分に楽しめるという感想は心強いです！<br>ノンテックの方がテック用語に触れると同時にテックの人に触れるきっかけとして、プロジェクトのチームビルディングにも適したワークショップだと考えています。<br>そして、何回か開催して見えてきたこととしては、これまでの自分たちの説明で不足している点だったり、テックにはない経験や発想力等、テックがノンテックに学ぶことがたくさんあるということです。<br>そういったところも今後の開催ではアピールしていきたいです。</p><h4>各地での開催に向けて</h4><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>今後はそれぞれ地元での開催を計画されているとのことですが、イメージしていることやお二人以外のコミュニティの皆さんの反応を教えてください。</p><p><strong>おくみかさん：<br></strong>実はこのイベント終了後、まだ仙台にいるうちに大学の関係機関に勤めている友人に連絡して、開催の提案をしたところ興味を示してもらえました。実現すれば7月に大学生や興味のある地元の人と一度やってみたいと思っています。<br>ものの30分位で話がついたので、帰りも一緒だったなおちゃんが驚いていました（笑）</p><p>次回は私もファシリテーターをやってみたい！<br>もともと物事を自分に置き換えて考えたり、適当に楽しく考えちゃったりすることが多く、色んな場面で通訳というか、言葉の説明を例え話を用いて場をつなぐことが多いです。<br>その体験を、T4NTはみんなが言葉でも形でも体感することができ、答えに正解不正解はないところが面白いので、全国に広めたいですね。<br>あとは、これを発案されたCode for Australiaの皆さんに会ってみたいです♪</p><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong>私もCode for Australiaのメンバーとはオンラインでしか会ったことがありませんが、<a href="https://medium.com/@linaXpatel">Lina Patel</a>や<a href="https://blog.codeforaustralia.org/@graceohara">Grace O’Hara</a>は文章や画面からもあたたかい空気感が伝わってきます。<br>同じような空気感も持ちつつ、語学が堪能な明主さんが直接引き継ぎする場に行けたのはCode for Japanにとってラッキーでした。<br>日本版は開催を重ねるごとに進化を続けているので、今後も情報交換する機会を作っていきたいですね！</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*TqV5NBiOwfIcCLb5" /><figcaption>左の女性二人がCode for AustraliaのGraceとLina（次男に邪魔されながらオンライン会議に参加）</figcaption></figure><p><strong>堀先生：<br></strong><a href="https://code4saga.org/">Code for Saga</a>、もしくはそのサポートしているNPO法人NetComさがで広く一般の方を対象にした開催や、佐賀大学で学生を対象とした開催を候補として検討しています。<br>また、1月27日の夜にCode for Saga 井戸畑会議で、近況報告として”T4NT仙台” のことを報告しました。みな興味を持ってくれました。<br>「おもしろそう」、「佐賀でも開催できないか」、どちらかというと Tech 視点に見える”ワークショップ” という名称自体が馴染みのない人にはわかってもらえず、工夫をしないと「関心を持ってもらえないのではないか」などコメントをもらいました。</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/0*2Ha93RxhUOISa-ox" /><figcaption><a href="http://www.codeforfukuoka.org/">Code for Fukuoka </a>德永美紗さんのグラフィックレコーディング</figcaption></figure><p><strong>萩原：<br></strong><a href="http://www.codeforfukuoka.org/">Code for Fukuoka </a>德永美紗さんのグラレコを拝見して、堀先生からCode for Sagaの皆様への説明にこちらの意図が伝わっていることがよくわかりました。</p><p>どちらの開催も楽しみです！<br>T4NTで大事にしている考え方やアプローチを多くの人が共有することで、いろんなことをともに前に進めていきたいと思いますので、今後ともよろしくお願いします。</p><h4>未来のファシリテーターへ</h4><p>最後に、ホストファシリテーターの明主那生さんからのメッセージです。</p><blockquote>Code for JapanのTech for Non-techプロジェクトでは、プログラムを提供するファシリテータに興味がある方を探しています。</blockquote><blockquote>自分は技術者だけど、一般の人でもわかるように技術について説明することを課題に感じている。</blockquote><blockquote>自分は技術者ではないけれど、開発プロジェクトでの経験を経て、テクノロジーの持つ力を広めたい。</blockquote><blockquote>多様なスキルを持つ人たちのプロジェクトが好き！</blockquote><blockquote>ファシリテーターとして、我々と一緒にT4NTのプログラムを提供してみませんか？</blockquote><blockquote>これからファシリテーターになりたいあなたへ<br>テクノロジーと一口にいっても、捉え方はその人によって様々です。</blockquote><blockquote>「どうせわかってもらえないや。」と伝えることを諦めてしまったり、「自分にはわからないものだから専門的な人に。」といって遠ざけてしまうのではなく、どうすれば開発者と非技術者が力を合わせて潜在能力を最大限発揮することができるのか、そのヒントがT4NTのプログラムには詰まっています。</blockquote><blockquote>テクノロジーを使うことはゴールではなく、あくまで手段でしかありません。</blockquote><blockquote>課題に対してなんとかしたいと想うあなたのプロジェクトはテクノロジーがなくても、強い思いがあればきっと解決ができるでしょう。</blockquote><blockquote>ただし、テクノロジーを活用することによって、あなたの想いをさらなるインパクトをもって実現することができるかもしれません。</blockquote><blockquote>社会課題の解決に対してテクノロジーの持つ可能性を信じている我々、Code for Japanと誰かの成し遂げたい気持ちをどうすればテクノロジーで応援できるのか、一緒に考えてみませんか？</blockquote><p>ファシリテーター養成講座は鋭意開発中です。詳細が決まり次第ご案内します。</p><p>ファシリテーターに関心のある方は<a href="https://cfjslackin.herokuapp.com/">SlackでCode for Japanのワークスペースにご参加</a>の上、「#tech-for-non-tech-ja」チャネルへ！</p><p>以上</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=c93456d1ebcd" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/tech-for-non-tech-in-%E4%BB%99%E5%8F%B0-c93456d1ebcd">Tech for Non-Tech in 仙台</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kazuki Jinnouchi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2019 09:55:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Crossing the barriers of language and disability with technology and fun: Code for Nerima and accessibility</h3><p>Regarding the domestic activities that Code for Japan is working on, we will now introduce the case study for “Civic Tech &amp; GovTech in Japan”. In Japan, there are several CivicTech groups called “Code for XX”, active in more than 80 areas. Although the contents and the activities of each one of these groups vary from area to area, they all share a common point: “do what we’re interested in”.</p><p>The first report to introduce is the Code for Nerima based in Nerima-ku, Tokyo, which has focuses on the accessibility as a theme</p><p>What do you picture from the word “accessibility”? This word in the IT environment refers to easily getting or providing information using software and digital assistants to the elder and handicapped people. Yes, it sounds a little tough. But it’s exciting to think that you can communicate with anyone. At Code for Nerima, Japanese, foreigners, and people with visual or hearing impairments have fun using apps, sign language, and brushstrokes. Please, take a look at the following articles that demonstrate our activities.</p><h3>Remarkable UD talk in Japan and Taiwan</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/506/1*xaKaAovukux0J1I0EjtueQ.png" /></figure><p>Code for Nerima was established in 2018 and was able to attract big interest with an app called “UD Talk” during the Code for Japan held in September 2018.</p><p>UD Talk is a communication app developed by Mr. Aoki, the representative of Code for Nerima. This app converts speech into text in real time using a speech recognition function. UD Talk allows people with hearing impairments, people with visual impairments, and people who speak different languages to communicate.</p><p>During the event of Code for Nerima, the text was always displayed by the UD Talk app, while records of all the communications were shared among all the members. Thanks to that, many participants with visual or hearing impairments could actively participate and made the vent more energetic and lively.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/600/1*-NJqpN-8jYQmIKLOZdNIoQ.png" /></figure><p>After the Code for Nerima event, the UD Talk app was also used at the drinking party. Even people who cannot use sign language communicated seamlessly with anyone. People who joined the event for the first time were shocked that they were able to communicate naturally even if they had a disability.</p><p>We use UD talk at drinking party of Code for Japan. Person who don’t know sign language can communicate with everyone. First participants are surprised that they can talk with handicapped people naturally.</p><p>When I learned about the marvels of UD Talk, I asked Mr. Aoki to introduce the UD Talk app during all the Code for Japan Summit sessions in 2018. And given the big impact that the Civic Tech enthusiasts got across the country, they used UD Talk one after another at their own local events and conferences.</p><p>Furthermore, UD Talk was also used in g0v Summit in Taiwan by the Taiwanese Civic Tech community ‘g0v (gab zero)’ who participated in the Code for Japan Summit.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/459/1*ZARszyj5OfMzseaO9Lto7g.png" /></figure><h3>Multi-language Cafe Where Diverse Communication Is Born</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/420/1*nnTHDIHfZRRuY7w6IpCXzg.png" /></figure><p>In 2019, Code for Nerima started a new “Multi-language Café”. This café was created to promote thinking and enjoying different ways of communication, such as spoken language, sign language, brushstrokes, and apps, in order to communicate with various people.</p><p>For the first group, cards are distributed, and people that get the same number gather. Usually, people use their voice to gather quickly, but in a multi-lingual cafe where foreigners, visually-impaired, and hearing-impaired people participate, even when shouting the numbers, people either can’t hear the words or understand them, so it’s not that easy.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/468/1*JiW9YMxNHsmPqH8WSn-aIA.png" /></figure><p>Then, each group sits next to a table and communication starts. In April, there was a Tunisian person with hearing difficulties who participated in the multi-lingual cafe. He was able to read and write Arabic and French only, and thus the Japanese participants could not communicate with him, so they used a translation application for communicating with each other.</p><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/519/1*wsBi3jM7pLiu0DXJK1mDaA.png" /></figure><p>There was one group where participants enjoyed using a blindfold or earplugs to communicate in different ways than the usual. Since they were blindfolded, the only way of identifying who was speaking, was by the voice of the speaker. Also, before speaking, they needed to tell who was around and who was about to speak. However, a situation occurred were a blindfolded person was talking even though no one was around. By having this kind of experience, empathizing with others through communication was made possible at the Multi-language Café.</p><h3>People with Problems and Civic Tech</h3><figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/709/1*79NAIP9DGEtzFaxp9AW7Tg.png" /></figure><p>Civic Tech solves regional issues with technology, but people who have not participated in them might think or say that there are no particular problems to be resolved. Regarding this, Mr. Aoki, the representative from Code for Nerima, responds as follows.</p><p>I also live in Nerima, Tokyo, and I have “no particular problems to be resolved” as well. If Code for Nerima didn’t provide UD Talk, some people will have not being able to participate in the event, such as those with hearing impairments or foreigners. At that time, they had a “problem of not being able to participate”, and “the problem was solved” by using UD Talk. Such people bring many more challenges. In other words, we rather be thinking “how to allow people with problems participate in our activities, instead of looking for problems to be resolved”.</p><p>By all means, let’s work together!</p><h3>Code for Nerima Profile</h3><p>Activity area: Nerima, Tokyo<br>Events: regular meeting held on the third Tuesday of every month, and other non-recurring events（refer to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pg/code4nerima/events/">https://www.facebook.com/pg/code4nerima/events/</a>）<br>Representaive: Shuji Aoki<br>Established: March 2018<br>Website: <a href="https://note.mu/code4nerima">https://note.mu/code4nerima</a></p><h3>Special Thanks</h3><p>This article was translated by a volunteer member of Rakuten, Inc.<br>Thank you, Satoshi Nakagawa and Aki Sakurada, Luis Vidal.</p><img src="https://medium.com/_/stat?event=post.clientViewed&referrerSource=full_rss&postId=cecbfbe9fac5" width="1" height="1" alt=""><hr><p><a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan/code-for-nerima-and-accessibility-cecbfbe9fac5">Crossing the barriers of language and disability with technology and fun.</a> was originally published in <a href="https://medium.com/code-for-japan">Code for Japan</a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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